Where does “fald” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvalde—
2Old Saxonfaled—
3Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure

Words derived from “fald”

Every word from Proto-Germanic faludaz →Every word from Old Saxon faled →Every word from Middle Low German valde →