Where does “*widu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*widu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*widu”

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