Where does “fellfield” come from?

fellfield (English) comes from English field, from Middle English feeld, from Old English feld, from Proto-West Germanic felþu, from Proto-Germanic felþuz, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

fellfield (English): A type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at...

Definitions

  1. A type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at...

Ancestry of “fellfield”, step by step

fellfield traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English field

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfieldA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns;...
2Middle EnglishfeeldA field; The countryside; empty land that...
3Old Englishfeldfield
4Proto-West Germanicfelþufield
5Proto-Germanicfelþuzfield, plain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via English fell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfellTo make something fall; especially to chop down a...
2GermanFellfur, pelt; hide
3Frankishvëlskin, hide
4Old High GermanfëlA fur
5Proto-West Germanic*fellskin, hide
6Proto-Germanicfelląskin, hide
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpello-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-