Where does “dēorfald” come from?

dēorfald (Old English) comes from Old English dēor, from Proto-West Germanic deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewsóm, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéws, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwes- — to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature.

dēorfald (Old English): an enclosure or cage for wild beasts, a...

Definitions

  1. an enclosure or cage for wild beasts, a...

Ancestry of “dēorfald”, step by step

dēorfald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dēor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdēoranimal, beast
2Proto-West Germanicdeuʀanimal, beast
3Proto-Germanicdeuząanimal, beast
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewsómliving thing
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéwsbreath
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwes-to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature

via Old English falod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfalodfold, stall, stable, cattle-pen
2Hungarian-ödyour; Used to form the second-person singular...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “dēorfald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéws →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewsóm →