wold
English
/wəʊld/, /woʊld/, /wəʊld/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
- (obsolete) A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wald inherited from Old English wald inherited from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (forest) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wel(ə)-t-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel(ə)-t-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wolder English
- woldest English
- λάσιος Ancient Greek
- λασιών Ancient Greek
- *wel(ə)-t- Proto-Indo-European
- *welH- Proto-Indo-European
- *wólnus Proto-Indo-European
- *walþijō Proto-Germanic
- *walþuz Proto-Germanic
- voll Norwegian Nynorsk
- vollgrav Norwegian Nynorsk
- wald Old English
- weald Old English
- wald Middle English
- bréagfholt Irish
- folt Irish
- vald Old Norse
- vǫllr Old Norse
- *voltь Proto-Slavic
- gaudine Old French
- vlat Serbo-Croatian
- gwallt Welsh
- wald Old High German
- folt Old Irish
- falt Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- folt Manx
- walt Middle High German
- *walþu gmw-pro
- walt Old Dutch
- *woltos Proto-Celtic
- balt Cimbrian
- bèllale Cimbrian
- dorbèllaran Cimbrian
- wald Old Saxon
- wāld Old Saxon
- Wald Alemannic German
- *wald Frankish
- wald Old Frisian
- gols Cornish