Where does “dol” come from?

dol (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

Ancestry of “dol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*dol—
2Proto-Germanicdulazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
3Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—

Words derived from “dol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dulaz →
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