Where does “*walda” come from?
*walda (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic walþō, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
Ancestry of “*walda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | walþō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |