Walds
/wɔːldz/noun
Plural of wald, meaning forests or wooded uplands, especially in dialectal or literary English.
Did you know?Wald is a surviving English form related to the Old English word weald, which once referred not merely to trees but to extensive wooded highlands.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*waltu-
“Forest or wooded upland”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*walþu-
“Forest or woodland”
Old English
Old English
weald
“Forest, wooded country, or upland woodland”
Middle English
Middle English
wald
“Woodland, forest, or wooded region; a variant influenced by other Germanic forms”
Modern English
English
walds
“Forests or wooded uplands; the plural of wald”
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