English

Woodhall

Woodhall comes from Old English wudu ‘wood’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- ‘tree, beam’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*widʰu-‘tree, beam’reconstructed
Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*widuz‘wood’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150wudu‘wood’
EnglishtodayWoodhall

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*widʰu-‘tree, beam’reconstructed
Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*widuz‘wood’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150wudu‘wood’
EnglishtodayWoodhall

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *widuz ‘wood’

through Old English wudu ‘wood’

woodruff, 2 more

Today it means

name A placename: A suburb of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2411).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- / Woodhall

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