Where does “weid” come from?

weid (Scots) comes from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).

weid (Scots): weed

Definitions

  1. weed

Ancestry of “weid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwēodweed
2Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)

Words derived from “weid”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weud →Every word from Old English wēod →