English

firwood

Firwood comes from Middle English *firwode, and goes back to Old English furhwudu.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fir + wood

Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‘oak’

Proto-Germanic *furhō ‘fir, pine’

Proto-West Germanic *furhu ‘pine’

Old English furh ‘fir, pine’

Middle English firre ‘fir (Abies spp.)’

English fir

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Every English word from Old English furhwudu

noun The wood of the fir tree.

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