wild

*welʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)

to turn, wind, roll

*waldijaną (Proto-Germanic)

*wilþijaz (Proto-Germanic)

Wild.

*waldiz (Proto-Germanic)

Having power, powerful. Managing, manageable.

wilde (Old English)

Wild, savage, uncultivated.

wilde (Middle English)

wild (English)

(chiefly, in the plural) a wilderness. The undomesticated state of a wild animal (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.. (nautical) Hard to steer; said of a vessel.. Unrestrained or uninhibited.. Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.. Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.. Enthusiastic.. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.. From or relating to [...]