Where does “dvalan” come from?

dvalan (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

Ancestry of “dvalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →
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