Where does “Geföhl” come from?
Geföhl (Low German) comes from Low German Föhlen, from Middle Low German vōlen, from Old Saxon fōlian, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.
Geföhl (Low German): feeling
Ancestry of “Geföhl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Low German | Föhlen | the act of feeling |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vōlen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | fōlian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fōlijan | — |