Where does “Waldo” come from?

Waldo (Tagalog) comes from English Waldo, from English Waltheof, from Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “Waldo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWaldoin modern American use transferred back from the surname
2EnglishWaltheof—
3Old Englishwealdforest; power; authority
4Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
5Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →