English

Voll

Voll comes from Old Norse vǫllr ‘grassy field’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *walþuz ‘forest’.

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walþuz‘forest’reconstructed
Old Norsec. 800–1350vǫllr‘grassy field’
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attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walþuz‘forest’reconstructed
Old Norsec. 800–1350vǫllr‘grassy field’
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Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wel- ‘to see, perceive’

lit, walt, welt, lait, 3 more

through Proto-Germanic *walþuz ‘forest’

wald, weald, wold, vole

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walþuz / Voll

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