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Where does “vōlen” come from?
vōlen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon fōlian, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan — to feel.
Ancestry of “vōlen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
fōlian
to feel
2
Proto-West Germanic
*fōlijan
to feel
Words derived from “vōlen”
feelen
Föhlen
føla
Feeler
Geföhl
Föhl
feelboa
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