Where does “ウォール” come from?

ウォール (Japanese) comes from English Wall, from Middle English wall, from Old English weall, from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

ウォール (Japanese): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “ウォール”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWallThe Berlin Wall
2Middle EnglishwallAlternative form of wale
3Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
4Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
5Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latin vallum →Every word from Proto-Germanic wallaz →