Where does “blindfoldly” come from?
blindfoldly (English) comes from English blindfold, from Middle English blyndefolde, from Middle English blindfellen, from Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Ancestry of “blindfoldly”, step by step
blindfoldly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blindfold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blindfold | A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes,... |
| 2 | Middle English | blyndefolde | — |
| 3 | Middle English | blindfellen | to strike blind |
| 4 | Middle English | fellen | to fell |
| 5 | Old English | fellan | Alternative form of fiellan |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fallijan | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 10 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |