Etymology

wallward

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Today it means: toward a wall Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English wall
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  2. Proto-Italic*walso-
  3. Latinvallum
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wall
  5. Old Englishweall
  6. Middle Englishwal
  7. Englishwall
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  10. English todaywallward

From wall + -ward.

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