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Where does “smokefall” come from?

smokefall (English) comes from English fall, from Middle English fall, from Old English feall, from Proto-Germanic fallą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pōl- — to fall.

smokefall (English): The close of the day before nightfall, when fog...

Definitions

  1. The close of the day before nightfall, when fog...

Ancestry of “smokefall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfall"To be moved downwards."; "To move downwards.";...
2Middle Englishfall—
3Old EnglishfeallAlternative form of fiell
4Proto-Germanicfallą—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pōl-to fall
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