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Where does “vaalt” come from?

vaalt (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vaelde, from Old Dutch faled, from Proto-Germanic faludaz — an enclosed space, enclosure.

vaalt (Dutch): dung heap

Definitions

  1. dung heap

Ancestry of “vaalt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvaelde—
2Old Dutchfaled—
3Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure

Words derived from “vaalt”

  • asvaalt
Every word from Proto-Germanic faludaz →