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Where does “weall” come from?

weall (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

weall (Old English): wall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine

Definitions

  1. wall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine

Ancestry of “weall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
2Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “weall”

  • wall
  • Walton
  • firewall
  • wallpaper
  • Stonewall
  • drywall
  • sidewall
  • wallflower
  • wallboard
  • footwall
  • Wallsend
  • headwall
  • eyewall
  • wallcovering
  • multiwall
  • longwall
  • waller
  • whitewall
  • Waltonian
  • floodwall
  • midwall
  • curtainwall
  • groundwall
  • wallhanging
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