Where does “wōl” come from?

wōl (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic wōlaz, from Proto-Germanic wōliz, from Proto-Germanic wal(j)aną, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

wōl (Proto-West Germanic): disaster, ruin

Definitions

  1. disaster, ruin

Ancestry of “wōl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwōlaz—
2Proto-Germanicwōlizdisastrous, ruined
3Proto-Germanicwal(j)anąto divistate, ruin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “wōl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wal(j)aną →Every word from Proto-Germanic wōliz →