Where does “weald” come from?

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

weald (Old English): forest; power; authority

Definitions

  1. forest; power; authority

Ancestry of “weald”, step by step

weald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic walþu

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

via Proto-Germanic waldą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaldąmight, power, authority
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwaldʰ-to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess

Words derived from “weald”

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