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Where does “wuduland” come from?

wuduland (Old English) comes from Old English wudu, from Old English widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

wuduland (Old English): a wooded land; woodland; forest

Definitions

  1. a wooded land; woodland; forest

Ancestry of “wuduland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
2Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “wuduland”

  • woodland
  • woodlander
  • nonwoodland
  • wodelond
  • wodeland
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