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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | valde | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | faled | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | faludaz | an enclosed space, enclosure |