Where does “fealle” come from?

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

fealle (Old English): trap

Definitions

  1. trap

Ancestry of “fealle”, step by step

fealle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fallą

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

via Proto-Germanic fallǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfallǭ—

Words derived from “fealle”

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