Where does “wold” come from?
Wold comes from Middle English wold, from Old English weald meaning forest or wooded area, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- meaning to turn or roll.
wold (English): An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a...
Definitions
- An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a...
Ancestry of “wold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wald | wood , forest |
| 2 | Old English | wald | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |
Words derived from “wold”