Where does “fall” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishfeallAlternative form of fiell
2Proto-Germanicfallą
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pōl-to fall

Words derived from “fall

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pōl-