Where does “afallen” come from?

afallen (Welsh) comes from Old English afeallan, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

afallen (Welsh): apple tree

Definitions

  1. apple tree

Ancestry of “afallen”, step by step

afallen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English afeallan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishafeallanto fall
2Old Englishā-a-; away, out
3Old Englishar-—
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Proto-Brythonic aβaln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicaβalnapple tree
2Proto-Celticabalnāapple tree
3Proto-Celtic*abūlapple
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

Words derived from “afallen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →