Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walþu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walþuz.

Noun

*walþu m

1. forest

   Synonyms: *furhiþi, *holt, *hursti, *widu

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*walþu
Genitive	*walþō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*walþu	*walþiwi, *walþō
Accusative	*walþu	*walþū
Genitive	*walþō	*walþiwō
Dative	*walþiwi, *walþō	*walþum
Instrumental	*walþu	*walþum

Descendants

• Old English: weald, wald
  • Middle English: wold, wald, walde, weld, welde, wolde, woolde, wæld (Early Middle English)
    • English: wold, weald, wald
    • Scots: wald
• Old Frisian: wald
  • Saterland Frisian: Woold
  • West Frisian: wâld
• Old Saxon: wald
  • Middle Low German: wôlt, wôld
    • Dutch Low Saxon: woold, woud
    • German Low German: Woolt, Woold, Wold
      • Plautdietsch: Woolt
• Old Dutch: walt
  • Middle Dutch: wout
    • Dutch: woud
    • Limburgish: waadj
• Old High German: wald
  • Middle High German: walt
    • Alemannic German: Wald

      Swabian: Wald

    • Bavarian: Woid, Woold

      Cimbrian: balt

      Mòcheno: bòlt

    • Central Franconian: Wald (widely obsolete)

      Hunsrik: Wald

      Luxembourgish: Wal

    • German: Wald
    • Rhine Franconian: Wald, Wall

      Frankfurterisch: [valt]

    • Yiddish: וואַלד (vald)
• → Old French: gaut (“forest, woods”)
  • ⇒ Old French: gaudine
• → Piedmontese: vaoda, vaode