welt

welt · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wel-“to turn; wind; twist”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*waltijaną
3. Old English · inherited fromweltan
4. Middle English · inherited fromwelten
5. English todaywelt

From Middle English welten, from Old English weltan, wieltan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen, Danish vælte, Swedish välta, Icelandic velta.

welt · noun, verb²

First use appears c. 1425, a shoemaker's term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“to overturn, roll over”), from Old Norse velta (“to roll”). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.

Welt · proper noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
3. Proto-Germanic*weraz
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
6. Proto-Germanic*alaną
7. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
8. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
9. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
10. Old High Germanwëralt
11. Middle High Germanwërlt
12. GermanWelt
13. English todayWelt

Borrowed from German Welt.

Words from the same roots