Etymology

weld

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Today it means: A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye. Full definition →

Middle English welde ← Old English *weald ← Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd
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weld · noun1

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromwold
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*waizdaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*waiʀd
  4. Old English · inherited from*weald
  5. Middle English · inherited fromwelde
  6. English todayweld

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.

weld · verb, noun2

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled. Compare cognate Danish vælde, Swedish välla (“boil, rise → to forge weld”).

weld · verb3

  1. Old English · inherited fromweald
  2. English todayweld

From Old English weald (sense 2).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishwelde all →

wield

Old English*weald all →

WalthamwaldowaldGosnellWalthall

Proto-West Germanic*waiʀd all →

woad

Proto-Germanic*waizdaz all →

woad

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