| 1 | Middle English | welteren | — |
| 2 | English | welt | To roll; revolve; A ridge or lump on the skin, as... |
| 3 | German | welt | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | werlt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | weralt | world |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |