Proto-Germanic: *walmi-z; *willō; *wallēn, *walla-z, *walli-z, *wullōn, *wulju-z; *wēla-z, -n; *wallan-/wellan- vb., *wulan- wb.; *walliōn, *wallia-n
Meaning: fount, streem; to boil
Gothic: wulan st. `be aglow with, seethe'
Old Norse: vella st. `wallen, kochen'; vella f. `Sieden; siedende Masse; Fluss (poet.)'; vell n. `geläuteres Gold'; ül-r m. `Wärmedust', ülja wk. `wärmen'
Norwegian: vella vb.; vell n. `kleine Quelle'; dial. olla f. `bron'; ül `laue Wärme', öl `von der Erde ausstrahlender Wärmedust'; ülja `wärmen'
Swedish: välla vb.; välder m. `Sieden, Kochen'
Old Danish: valm, volm `het koken'
Danish: välde vb.; väld n. `Quelle'
Old English: wilm (wielm, welm, wälm, wylm), -es m. `fount, stream, water that surges or boils, that moves in waves; heat, fervent heat, fiery heat; violent movement, violence, raging; fervour, ardour (of mental emotions)'; { wiell m. }, ( wǟl m., n. `draaikolk, poel' }; { weallan }
English: well
Old Frisian: walla m. `bron'; walla `zieden, bruisen'
Middle Dutch: welle f. `bron, put', Kil. welle, walle `opborreling'; walle, wal m. `het koken, kokende hitte, bron of kolkende rivier'; wallen `koken, bruisen'; walm m. `opstijgende rook; het koken; waterwel'
Dutch: wel f.; walm m. `dicke vettige rok'
Middle Low German: welle `Woge, Walze'
Old High German: wella f. `hochgehende Meereswoge, stürmische Welle' (um 1000), wellōn `Wellen machen, sich in Wellen bewegen'; walm m. `Aufwalen, Sieden, Hitze'
Middle High German: wëlle st./wk. f. 'wogw, welle; walze, wellbaum; stroh-, reisigbündel; tuch-, leinwandballen'; walm st. m. 'das wallen, sieden; dampf, qualm'
German: Welle f.
