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Where does “fald” come from?

fald (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic faludaz — an enclosed space, enclosure.

Ancestry of “fald”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure

Words derived from “fald”

  • faldfee
  • faldage
  • faldagium
  • fald
  • fold
Every word from Proto-Germanic faludaz →