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Where does “folīn” come from?

folīn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic fulīną, from Proto-Germanic fulô, from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-", from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- — animal young.

Ancestry of “folīn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfulīną—
2Proto-Germanicfulôfoal
3Proto-Indo-European"pl̥Hon-"—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpōlH-animal young

Words derived from “folīn”

  • ezelsveulen
  • veulen
  • Veulen
  • volen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- →