Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “wal” come from?

wal (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

Ancestry of “wal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
2Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—
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