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Where does “walþuz” come from?

walþuz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

walþuz (Proto-Germanic): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “walþuz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “walþuz”

  • wild
  • wildlife
  • welding
  • bewilderment
  • bewildering
  • weld
  • wilder
  • wold
  • wildcard
  • vole
  • bewilder
  • Weald
  • welder
  • wildflower
  • wildland
  • wildfowl
  • bewilderingly
  • wildwood
  • weald
  • weldability
  • weldment
  • weldable
  • wildish
  • wieldy
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