Scots wale

← Old English willan (cognate)

← German wählen (cognate)

← Middle English wale (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *walą (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *walō (mention)

← Old High German wala (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (derived)

← Old Norse val (derived)

← Old Norse velja (cognate)