Where does “wēdus” come from?

wēdus (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

wēdus (Proto-Celtic): wild

Definitions

  1. wild

Ancestry of “wēdus”, step by step

wēdus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European widʰu-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

via Proto-Indo-European weydʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweydʰ-to separate, split, cleave, divide; wood,...

via Proto-Indo-European widhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwidhutree

Words derived from “wēdus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →