Proto-Germanic: *walēn, *walu-z
Meaning: staff, round stick
Gothic: walu-s m. (u) `staff'
Old Norse: vɔl-r m. `runder Stab'
Norwegian: vol
Swedish: dial. val
Old Danish: vol
Old English: wyrt-wala, -an m., -walu, -e f. `root (of a plant); root, source; fool (of a hill), lower side (of a wood, field, etc.); { walu }
English: wale
Old Frisian: walu-bera `Stabträger'
Middle Dutch: wortel(e)
Middle Low German: wal `striem'; wortel
Old High German: wurz-ala `Wurzel' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: { wurzel }
German: Wurzel f.
