Where does “-fold” come from?

-fold (Middle English) comes 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.

-fold (Middle English): fold

Definitions

  1. fold

Ancestry of “-fold”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-fold”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →