Where does “dold” come from?

dold (Middle English) comes from Middle English dullen, from Middle English dul, from Old English dol, from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

Ancestry of “dold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdullento make dull
2Middle Englishduldull
3Old Englishdolfoolish
4Proto-West Germanic*dol—
5Proto-Germanicdulazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
6Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—

Words derived from “dold”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dulaz →
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