Where does “wæld” come from?

wæld (Middle English) comes from Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “wæld”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wæld”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →