Where does “-fauld” come from?

-fauld (Middle English) comes from Middle English -fold, from Old English -feald, from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic -falþaz, from Proto-Indo-European -poltos, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Ancestry of “-fauld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-foldfold
2Old English-fealdsuffix denoting multiplication, or consisting of...
3Proto-West Germanic*-falþ—
4Proto-Germanic-falþaz-fold
5Proto-Indo-European-poltos-fold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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