weald

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (archaic) A forest or wood.
2. (archaic) An open country.

Sinonieme

uncultivated ground

badlands

timberland

waste ground

wasteland

wild

wilderness

woodland

wooded country

uncultivated plot

backwoods

waste plot

Vertalings

kır

άδενδρη χώρα

ormanlık

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wiːld/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: weeld

Geërf van Old English: weald

Verwante met Duits: Wald

Verwante met Nederlands: woud

In summary

From Middle English weeld, wæld, (also wold, wald > English wold), from (West Saxon dialect) Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
Compare German Wald, Dutch woud. See also wold, ultimately of the same origin. Largely displaced by forest.