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Where does “wallijan” come from?

wallijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic wallijaną, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

wallijan (Proto-West Germanic): to well up, well over, boil

Definitions

  1. to well up, well over, boil

Ancestry of “wallijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwallijanąto well up, well over, boil
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “wallijan”

  • wellen
  • wellen
  • wiellan
  • wellen
  • wellen
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