Wood End
suburban area · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Wood End is an Old English name referring to a settlement or area at the edge of a wood. 'Wudu' means wood, and 'ende' means end or edge.
Word origins
- Wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwoodland(from wudu "wood, forest")
- End
- Old EnglishAttestedend, edge(from ende "end, edge")