Proto-Germanic

*wilþijaz

‘wild’

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

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

• wild ← weilde ← wilde ← *wilþī
• wildly ← wildely ← wilde ← wilde ← *wilþī

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz