Forest-
Wald- is a morpheme in personal names and German words.
Personal names
Origin and meaning
In the 8th century the names Waldo and Wolderus ( Waltger ) were mentioned. For the 10th century people with -vald were mentioned in Norse sagas (Thorvald). Since the 10th century, the name form Walter appeared.
The syllable possibly was derived from Germanic waltan fighting ago.
Forest, wold
- Waldemar
- Waldo
- Wolderus, Waltger
-vald, -vold
- Ragnvald, Rognvald
- Thorvald, Þorválðr
German words
There are numerous German words about the forest, such as Waldsterben, Regenwald etc.
Web links
literature
- Günther Drosdowski: Duden lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names . Bibliographical Institute (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974