Where does “wiwiri” come from?

wiwiri (Sranan Tongo) comes from English weed, from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).

wiwiri (Sranan Tongo): hair; leaf; herb, plant

Definitions

  1. hair; leaf; herb, plant

Ancestry of “wiwiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)

Words derived from “wiwiri”

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