Where does “Weald” come from?

Weald comes from Middle English weeld, from Old English weald, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel-, meaning to turn or roll.

Weald (English): OS grid ref SP3002

Definitions

  1. OS grid ref SP3002

Ancestry of “Weald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwaldwood , forest
2Old Englishwald—
3Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
4Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “Weald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →