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Where does “fealg” come from?

fealg (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic falgu, from Proto-Indo-European polḱéh₂ — arable land.

fealg (Old English): fallow

Definitions

  1. fallow

Ancestry of “fealg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfalgufallow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpolḱéh₂arable land
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