Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/falþaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *polt-, with suffixal -t-, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*falþaną[1]
- to fold
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *falþaną (strong class 7c)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *falþan
- Old English: faldan, fealdan
- Old Frisian: *falda
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: foolden (past participle/adjective)
- West Frisian: fâlde (merged with weak form from Proto-West Germanic *faldōn)
- Old Saxon: faldan
- Old Dutch: *faldan
- Middle Dutch: vouden (merged with weak form from Proto-West Germanic *faldōn)
- Old High German: faldan, faltan — less common
- Old Norse: falda
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan)