wæl
Old English
noun
Definitions
- slaughter, carnage
- the slain, (rarely) a slain person, corpse
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *walaz (corpse, body, battlefield, carnage) derived from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (hit, strike, wound, injure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*welh₃-
Gloss
hit, strike, wound, injure
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
傷
Emoji
🎯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vulnerō Latin
- vulnus Latin
- Wal German
- Walküre German
- οὐλή Ancient Greek
- ἁλίσκομαι Ancient Greek
- ἅλωσις Ancient Greek
- *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₃-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *walakuzjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *walaz Proto-Germanic
- *welwaną Proto-Germanic
- fyllo Old English
- hrēoh Old English
- nīþ Old English
- wælfyllo Old English
- wælniþ Old English
- wælreow Old English
- wal Middle English
- Valhǫll Old Norse
- valr Old Norse
- val Danish
- valur Icelandic
- wal Old High German
- valur Faroese
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hwal gmw-pro
- *wlannos Proto-Celtic
- *wolis Proto-Celtic
- *welnō Proto-Italic