suþernewudu

Old English

Etymology

From sūþerne (“southern”) +‎ wudu (“wood, tree”).

Noun

suþernewudu m

1. southernwood

   Synonyms: aprotane, abrotanum

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sūþernewudu	sūþernewuda
accusative	sūþernewudu	sūþernewuda
genitive	sūþernewuda	sūþernewuda
dative	sūþernewuda	sūþernewudum

Descendants

• Middle English: southrenwode, sowthernwode, sothernwode
  • English: southernwood
  • Scots: soothernwid, sitherwid
• →? Proto-Brythonic: *dexowluss (calque)