weald
English
/wiːld/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A wood or forest
- (archaic) An open country
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English weeld inherited from Old English weald (woods, forest, high land covered with wood, power) derived from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (forest).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*walþuz
Gloss
forest
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Waldo English
- wealdish English
- Bambuswald German
- Blätterwald German
- Herbstwald German
- Kiefernwald German
- Laubwald German
- Lustwäldchen German
- Mangrovenwald German
- Mischwald German
- Nadelwald German
- Regenwald German
- Schilderwald German
- Schwarzwald German
- Spreewald German
- Urwald German
- Wald German
- Waldbrand German
- Waldeinsamkeit German
- Waldesrand German
- Waldhorn German
- Waldkatze German
- Waldkauz German
- Waldland German
- Waldrand German
- Waldrapp German
- Waldschnepfe German
- Waldstück German
- Waldung German
- Waldwasserläufer German
- Waldweg German
- waldaus German
- waldein German
- waldreich German
- Woldberg Dutch, Flemish
- evenaarswoud Dutch, Flemish
- naaldwoud Dutch, Flemish
- oerwoud Dutch, Flemish
- woud Dutch, Flemish
- woudaap Dutch, Flemish
- woudloos Dutch, Flemish
- woudreus Dutch, Flemish
- *wel(ə)-t- Proto-Indo-European
- *wólnus Proto-Indo-European
- *walþijō Proto-Germanic
- *walþuz Proto-Germanic
- geweald Old English
- wald Old English
- weald Old English
- wald Middle English
- weeld Middle English
- wold Middle English
- vald Old Norse
- vǫllr Old Norse
- wout Middle Dutch
- wald Old High German
- walt Middle High German
- *walþu gmw-pro
- walt Old Dutch
- wald Old Saxon
- wāld Old Saxon
- Rapp Alemannic German
- wald Old Frisian
- bòlt Mòcheno