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

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
- North Frisian:
- North Frisian: walt (Föhr-Amrum), wald (Halligen), Walt (Sylt)
- 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
    - Afrikaans: 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
    - German: Waldhorn (see there for further descendants)
  - Rhine Franconian: Wald, Wall
    Frankfurterisch: [valt]
  - Yiddish: וואַלד (vald)
→ Old French: gaut (“forest, woods”)
- ⇒ Old French: gaudine
→ Medieval Latin: gualdus
- → Italian: gualdo
- → Galician: Galdo (toponym, from Gualdo)
- → Piedmontese: vaoda, vaode