Where does “wallet” come from?

wallet (German) comes from English wallet, from Middle English walet — A bag or knapsack.

wallet (German): second-person plural subjunctive I of wallen

Definitions

  1. second-person plural subjunctive I of wallen

Ancestry of “wallet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwalletA small case, often flat and often made of...
2Middle EnglishwaletA bag or knapsack
Every word from Middle English walet →Every word from English wallet →