Proto-Germanic

*balþaz

‘strong, bold’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *balþaz.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, most familiar first.

• bold ← bald ← *balþ
• boldly ← boldely ← bealdlīċe ← beald ← *balþ
• bawd ← bawde ← baud ← *balþ
• bield ← belde ← bieldu ← *balþį̄
• bawcock ← baud ← *bald

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *balþaz