Where does “Shaw” come from?

Shaw (Translingual) comes from English Shaw, from Old English sceaga, from Proto-West Germanic skagō, from Proto-Germanic skōgaz — forest, wood.

Ancestry of “Shaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishShawfor someone who lived by a small wood or copse
2Old Englishsceagacopse, thicket
3Proto-West Germanicskagō—
4Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood
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