Where does “beald” come from?

beald (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic balþ, from Proto-Germanic balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

beald (Old English): brave, bold

Definitions

  1. brave, bold

Ancestry of “beald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbalþbold, brave
2Proto-Germanicbalþazstrong, bold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “beald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balþaz →