Where does “vedspis” come from?

vedspis (Swedish) comes from Swedish ved, from Old Norse viðr, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

vedspis (Swedish): a woodstove (wood-burning stove for cooking)

Definitions

  1. a woodstove (wood-burning stove for cooking)

Ancestry of “vedspis”, step by step

vedspis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ved

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvedfirewood; wood
2Old Norseviðrwood; Alternative form of við
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

via Swedish spis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspisa stove, a cooker (with hot plates or the like and often a built-in oven)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old Norse viðr →