Words that come from Proto-Germanic wela

229 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wela — including well, wall, firewall, unwell, wallpaper, Stonewall, weal, stairwell.

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English (119)

German (23)

Dutch (17)

Norwegian Bokmål (14)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Middle English (9)

Irish (6)

Swedish (4)

Old High German (3)

Gothic (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Old English (2)

Middle High German (2)

Icelandic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Welsh (1)

Faroese (1)

Russian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Japanese (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Scots (1)