Where does “wilde” come from?

wilde (Middle English) comes from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic wilþī, from Proto-Germanic wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.

wilde (Middle English): Wild, undomesticated, untamed

Definitions

  1. Wild, undomesticated, untamed

Ancestry of “wilde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwildewild, savage
2Proto-West Germanicwilþīwild
3Proto-Germanicwilþijazwild
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool

Words derived from “wilde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- →