Where does “*walhahnut” come from?

*walhahnut (Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic walhaz, from Latin Volcae, from Proto-Celtic wolkos, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

Ancestry of “*walhahnut”, step by step

*walhahnut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic walhaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwalhazforeigner, non-Germanic person
2LatinVolcaea Gallic tribal confederation; name of a Celtic...
3Proto-Celticwolkoshawk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

via Proto-Germanic hnuts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichnutsnut
2Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
3Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “*walhahnut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wolkos →Every word from Latin Volcae →