Where does “Woodsia” come from?

Woodsia (Translingual) comes from English woods, from English wood, from Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, from Old English widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

Woodsia (Translingual): genus|woodsia fern}}

Definitions

  1. genus|woodsia fern}}

Ancestry of “Woodsia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwoodsplural of wood; A dense collection of trees...
2EnglishwoodThe substance making up the central part of the...
3Middle Englishwodemadness, insanity, an overmastering emotion,...
4Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
5Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
6Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu-
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