Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faldōną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
edit- falþōną
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”), equivalent to *faldaz + *-ōną.
Verb
edit*faldōną
- (intransitive) to fold up
Inflection
editConjugation of *faldōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *faldōn, *falþōn
- Old English: *fealdian
- Middle English: falden, folden (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- ⇒ Old English: befealdian
- Old Frisian: *faldia
- Old Saxon: *faldōn
- Old Dutch: *faldon
- Middle Dutch: vouden (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- Dutch: vouwen
- Middle Dutch: vouden (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- Old High German: faltōn, faldōn
- Middle High German: valten (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- German: falten
- Middle High German: valten (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- Old English: *fealdian
- Old Norse: falda