English
foodshed
From food + shed, modelled on watershed.
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to guard, graze, feed’
Proto-Germanic *fōdô ‘food’
Proto-West Germanic *fōdō
Old English fōda ‘food’
Middle English fode ‘food’
English food
Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to split, to dissect’
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Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną ‘to separate’
Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan ‘to separate’
Old English scēadan ‘to separate, divide, make a line of…’
Middle English scheden ‘to part or comb (hair)’
English shed
Today it means
noun The region that produces the food for a particular population.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foodshed