Proto-Germanic

*walþuz

‘forest’

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

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

• wold ← wald ← wald ← *walþu
• wald ← *walþu
• vole ← vollj ← vǫllr
• weald ← wald ← wald ← *walþu

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walþuz