weld
English
/wɛld/
noun
Definitions
- A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
- The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English welde inherited from Old English *wielde inherited from Proto-Germanic *walþijō, *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
- arc English
- arcweld English
- butt English
- buttweld English
- cold English
- cold weld English
- gaud English
- gaudily English
- gaudiness English
- gaudy English
- mesh English
- nonweldable English
- reweld English
- ungaudy English
- unweldable English
- weldability English
- weldable English
- welder English
- weldless English
- weldment English
- weldmesh English
- weldor English
- wouw Dutch, Flemish
- gaude French
- gauder French
- *wel(ə)-t- Proto-Indo-European
- *wólnus Proto-Indo-European
- *walþijō Proto-Germanic
- *walþuz Proto-Germanic
- *walþuz, *walþijō, *walþō Proto-Germanic
- *wielde Old English
- wald Old English
- weald Old English
- gaudi Middle English
- welde Middle English
- vald Old Norse
- vǫllr Old Norse
- goldra Galician
- wouwe Middle Dutch
- wald Old High German
- weldar Ido
- *walþu gmw-pro
- walt Old Dutch
- wald Old Saxon
- wāld Old Saxon
- wald Old Frisian