Where does “fell” come from?

I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice there are significant issues with it that make it impossible to write an accurate etymology sentence. The chain as presented has problems: - It lists "Proto-Indo-European pel-" twice - It ends with "Proto-Indo-European -yeti" which appears to be a verbal suffix, not a root - The progression from Latin fel (meaning "gall, bile") to these various PIE roots doesn't form a coherent chain - The headword "fell" (English) with unknown meaning is unclear—does this refer to the verb "fell" (to cut down) or the adjective "fell" (fierce/cruel)? Without a clear, logical etymological chain from the source material, I cannot write an accurate one-sentence summary. The rules require me to state only what the chain supports and not invent intermediate steps. Could you clarify: 1. What

fell (English): To make something fall; especially to chop down a...

Definitions

  1. To make something fall; especially to chop down a...

Ancestry of “fell”, step by step

fell traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFellfur, pelt; hide
2Frankishvëlskin, hide
3Old High GermanfëlA fur
4Proto-West Germanic*fellskin, hide
5Proto-Germanicfelląskin, hide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Middle English fell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfellstrong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry
2Old Englishfēl
3Old Englishfīil
4Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Latin fel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfelgall bladder; gall, bile; poison
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “fell

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-