Where does “Woolt” come from?

Woolt (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wôlt, from Old Saxon wāld, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Woolt (Plautdietsch): forest, woods

Definitions

  1. forest, woods

Ancestry of “Woolt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwôlta wood, a forest
2Old Saxonwāldforest
3Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
4Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “Woolt”

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