Proto-Germanic
*widuz
‘wood’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *widuz.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *widuz, most familiar first.
- guy ← Gui ← *Widō ← *widu
- wood ← wode ← wudu ← widu ← *widu
- woodruff ← wudurofe ← wudu
- woodwall ← wodewale ← wedewale ← wode ← wudu
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *widuz