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Where does “widuz” come from?

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

widuz (Proto-Germanic): wood

Definitions

  1. wood

Ancestry of “widuz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “widuz”

  • wood
  • woods
  • wooden
  • Hollywood
  • Guy
  • wooded
  • woodland
  • Woodward
  • woody
  • Blackwood
  • hardwood
  • wade
  • Woodstock
  • plywood
  • Kirkwood
  • brushwood
  • Wedgwood
  • backwoods
  • woodpecker
  • driftwood
  • Eloise
  • woodcut
  • redwood
  • cottonwood
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