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Where does “fele” come from?

fele (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse fiðla, from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ.

fele (Norwegian Nynorsk): a violin; a fiddle; any form of stringed...

Definitions

  1. a violin; a fiddle; any form of stringed...

Ancestry of “fele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefiðlafiddle
2Proto-Germanic*fiþulǭ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ →