PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”). Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese, Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English

wode

Inherited from Old English

wudu

Cognate with Dutch

wede

Cognate with Middle High German

wite

Cognate with Danish

ved

Cognate with Swedish

ved

Cognate with Icelandic

viður

Cognate with Irish

fiodh

Cognate with Irish

fid

Cognate with Welsh

gwŷdd

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