Where does “Wulfweald” come from?

Wulfweald (Old English) comes from Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “Wulfweald”, step by step

Wulfweald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English weald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwealdforest; power; authority
2Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
3Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via Old English wulf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwulfwolf
2Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
3Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →