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Where does “*dol” come from?

*dol (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

Ancestry of “*dol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdulazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
2Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—
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