*walą

Runic: ᚹᚨᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

choice, selection

From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (‘to choose, to want’), synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *waljaną (‘to choose’).

*walu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wala (Old High German)
  - wale (Middle High German)
    - Wiel (Luxembourgish)
*walu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wala (Old High German)
  - wale (Middle High German)
    - Wahl (German)
      - Wal (Luxembourgish)
val (Old Norse)
- val (Faroese)
- val (Icelandic)
- val (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- val (Swedish)
val (Old Norse)
- valg (Danish)
  - valg (Faroese)
  - valg (Norwegian Bokmål)
val (Old Norse)
- wale, wal, wayle, wall (Northern Middle English)
  - wale, wail (Scots)
val (Old Norse)
- wale, wal, wayle, wall (Northern Middle English)
  - wale (English)
    - wyel (Geordie)