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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*walþuz

4 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, most common first.

waldTo govern; inherit.
woldAn unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
voleAny of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.
wealdA forest or wood.