Where does “wielde” come from?

wielde (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic walþijō, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “wielde”, step by step

wielde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic walþijō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwalþijō—
2Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via Proto-Germanic walþō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwalþō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþijō →