Proto-West Germanic *walþu

→ English weald (inherited)

→ English wold (inherited)

→ English wald (inherited)

→ Old English weald (inherited)

→ Cimbrian balt (inherited)

→ German Wald (inherited)

→ Middle Dutch wout (inherited)

→ Middle English wald (inherited)

→ Middle Low German wolt (inherited)

→ Old High German wald (inherited)

→ Alemannic German Wald (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Wal (inherited)

→ Mòcheno bòlt (inherited)

→ Dutch woud (inherited)

→ Old Dutch walt (inherited)

→ Old Saxon wald (inherited)

→ Romansch uaul (derived)