Where does “Wealhþeod” come from?

Wealhþeod (Old English) comes from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Wealhþeod (Old English): the Welsh people

Definitions

  1. the Welsh people

Ancestry of “Wealhþeod”, step by step

Wealhþeod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wealh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwealhforeigner; Briton or Welshman; slave
2Old Englishīeġisland
3Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
4Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicagwjō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old English þēod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþēodnation, people; people, nation; nation, people,...
2Proto-West Germanicþeudupeople, tribe
3Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →