Where does “Elwald” come from?

Elwald (Middle English) comes from Old English Ælf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

Ancestry of “Elwald”, step by step

Elwald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Ælf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishÆlf—
2Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
3Proto-Germanicalbīriver
4LatinAlbis—
5LatinAlbeus—

via Old English weald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwealdforest; power; authority
2Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
3Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “Elwald”

Every word from Latin Albeus →Every word from Proto-Germanic albī →Every word from Latin Albis →