Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “valde” come from?

valde (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon faled, from Proto-Germanic faludaz — an enclosed space, enclosure.

Ancestry of “valde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfaled—
2Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure

Words derived from “valde”

  • fald
Every word from Proto-Germanic faludaz →