Where does “wellespring” come from?
wellespring (Middle English) comes from Old English wiellspring, from Old English wiell, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic wallijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
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Words derived from “wellespring”