Where does “וואַלד” come from?

וואַלד (Yiddish) comes from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

וואַלד (Yiddish): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “וואַלד”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwaldforest
2Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
3Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →