Where does “Bannwald” come from?

Bannwald (German) comes from German wald, from Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Bannwald (German): protected forest

Definitions

  1. protected forest

Ancestry of “Bannwald”, step by step

Bannwald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwaldforest; woods; woodland
2Middle High Germanwalt—
3Old High Germanwaldforest
4Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
5Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via German bann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbannsingular imperative of bannen; first-person...
2Old High Germanbanorder under penalty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →
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