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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *widuz