Where does “Widukind” come from?

Widukind (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon widu, from Proto-West Germanic widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

Widukind (Old Saxon): the Saxon leader Widukind

Definitions

  1. the Saxon leader Widukind

Ancestry of “Widukind”, step by step

Widukind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon widu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonwiduwood
2Proto-West Germanicwiduforest; tree; wood
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

via Old Saxon kind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonkindchild
2Proto-West Germanickindchild
3Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Widukind”

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