Where does “wudurofe” come from?

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

wudurofe (Old English): woodruff (Galium odoratum)

Definitions

  1. woodruff (Galium odoratum)

Ancestry of “wudurofe”, step by step

wudurofe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wudu

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

via Old English rofe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrofe—

Words derived from “wudurofe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old English widu →