English

Wohl

Wohl comes from Middle Low German wolt ‘wood, forest’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *walþuz.

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walþuz‘forest’reconstructed
Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walþu‘forest’reconstructed
Old Saxonc. 800–1200wāld‘forest’
Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600wolt‘wood, forest’
EnglishtodayWohl

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walþuz‘forest’reconstructed
Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walþu‘forest’reconstructed
Old Saxonc. 800–1200wāld‘forest’
Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600wolt‘wood, forest’
EnglishtodayWohl

Linked words

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

lit, walt, welt, lait, 3 more

through Proto-Germanic *walþuz ‘forest’

through Proto-West Germanic *walþu ‘forest’

wald, weald, wold

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walþuz / Wohl

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