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Where does “dwalaz” come from?

dwalaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

dwalaz (Proto-Germanic): confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad

Definitions

  1. confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad

Ancestry of “dwalaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—

Words derived from “dwalaz”

  • dull
  • dwell
  • dullness
  • dweller
  • bedwell
  • dully
  • duller
  • doldrums
  • dolt
  • dwellest
  • indwell
  • doltish
  • dullish
  • indweller
  • doldrum
  • dold
  • dulleth
  • doltishness
  • doltishly
  • slumdweller
  • dullhead
  • dullwittedness
  • dullen
  • dullishly
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