Where does “feowertigfeald” come from?

feowertigfeald (Old English) comes from Old English feald, from Alemannic German Fald, from Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic felþu, from Proto-Germanic felþuz, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

feowertigfeald (Old English): fortyfold

Definitions

  1. fortyfold

Ancestry of “feowertigfeald”, step by step

feowertigfeald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English feald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfealdoccasion
2Alemannic GermanFald—
3Middle High Germanvëlt—
4Old High Germanfeld—
5Proto-West Germanicfelþufield
6Proto-Germanicfelþuzfield, plain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Old English fēowertiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfēowertiġforty
2Proto-West Germanic*feuwar tigiwiforty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic felþuz →