Where does “wald” come from?

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

wald (Middle English): wood , forest

Definitions

  1. wood , forest

Ancestry of “wald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwald—
2Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
3Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “wald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →