Where does “widu” come from?

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

widu (Old Saxon): wood

Definitions

  1. wood

Ancestry of “widu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “widu”

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