wele

Middle English

noun

Definitions

prosperity; happiness; well-being

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wela (wealth, prosperity, welfare, riches, wellness, well-being) inherited from Proto-Germanic *walô (well-being, wellness, weal, prosperity).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*walô

Gloss

well-being, wellness, weal, prosperity

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

commonweal English
weal English
weal-public English
wealful English
wealsman English
wealth English
wealy English
*wel- Proto-Indo-European
*walô Proto-Germanic
*welô Proto-Germanic
wela Old English
æfwela Old English
*waliþu gmw-pro