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Where does “feall” come from?

feall (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fallą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pōl- — to fall.

feall (Old English): Alternative form of fiell

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fiell

Ancestry of “feall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfallą—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pōl-to fall
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