Where does “wuduweaxe” come from?

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

wuduweaxe (Old English): woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria)

Definitions

  1. woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria)

Ancestry of “wuduweaxe”, step by step

wuduweaxe 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 weax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweaxwax
2Proto-West Germanicwahs—
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “wuduweaxe”

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