Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “fela” come from?

fela (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic felhaną, from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)-.

fela (Old Norse): to hide, conceal

Definitions

  1. to hide, conceal

Ancestry of “fela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfelhanąto enter, to go inside; to put inside, to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpele(w)-—

Words derived from “fela”

  • feluleikur
  • fela
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