Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “vö̂len” come from?

vö̂len (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon fōlian, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.

Ancestry of “vö̂len”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfōlian—
2Proto-West Germanic*fōlijan—

Words derived from “vö̂len”

  • föhlen
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