Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *widuzScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_widuz
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*widuswood, trees*h₁weydʰh₁-to separate, split, cleave, dividevidùsmiddle, i.e. forested area between two habitations
nounmasculineu-stemforestwoodtreeFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰ-u-s, and cognate with Proto-Celtic *widus (‘wood, trees’), with both roots likely tracing further to Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (‘to separate, split, cleave, divide’) (whence Lithuanian vidùs (‘middle, i.e. forested area between two habitations’)), with sense development "set apart, abandoned" > "desolate area like a forest" > "wood".