Where does “walt” come from?

walt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

walt (Old Dutch): forest, wood

Definitions

  1. forest, wood

Ancestry of “walt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
2Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “walt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →