Where does “ـوول” come from?

ـوول (Kashmiri) comes from Sanskrit पालक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

Ancestry of “ـوول”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपालकprotector
2Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit पालक →