Where does “wild” come from?

I notice the chain provided is for "weald" (a forest or wooded area), but you've asked me to write about "wild" as the headword. These are related but distinct words. Additionally, the chain shows "wel-" repeated three times without differentiation. Given the inconsistency, I cannot accurately write the required sentence without either: 1. Clarification on whether the headword should be "weald" or "wild" 2. A complete chain showing the actual etymological steps for whichever word is intended Could you provide the correct chain, or confirm which headword I should be summarizing?

wild (English): Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an...

Definitions

  1. Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an...

Ancestry of “wild”, step by step

wild traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English wild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwild
2Old Englishwildewild, savage
3Proto-West Germanicwilþīwild
4Proto-Germanicwilþijazwild
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool

via Middle English wilde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwildeWild, undomesticated, untamed

Words derived from “wild

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁-