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Where does “wallaną” come from?

wallaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

wallaną (Proto-Germanic): to well up, spring out, bubble forth

Definitions

  1. to well up, spring out, bubble forth

Ancestry of “wallaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “wallaną”

  • walm
  • wallen
  • wall
  • walmen
  • walm
  • wallen
  • weallan
  • ullu
  • vella
  • vella
  • wallen
  • wallan
  • wallōn
  • wella
  • wella
  • wallen
  • Radiowell
  • Well
  • wallan
  • walm
  • wallan
  • vælla
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