grundweall
Old English
noun
Definitions
- foundation
Etymology
Compound from Old English grund (ground) + Old English weall (wall, dike, rampart, rocky shore, earthwork, dam, cliff).
Origin
Old English
weall
Gloss
wall, dike, rampart, rocky shore, earthwork, dam, cliff
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
崖
Emoji
📌 📍 🧱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Walton English
- groundwall English
- vallum Latin
- *grunduz Proto-Germanic
- *wallaz Proto-Germanic
- *wallaz, *wallą Proto-Germanic
- grund Old English
- grundleas Old English
- scieldweall Old English
- sægrund Old English
- weall Old English
- æfgrynde Old English
- ground Middle English
- grounde Middle English
- groundwalle Middle English
- wall Middle English
- gwal Welsh
- wal Welsh
- wa Scots