fell
English
/fɛl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fellen inherited from Old English fellan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (cause to fall, fell), *fallaną (fall) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pōl- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pōl-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blackfeller English
- book English
- bookfell English
- defelonize English
- fellable English
- feller English
- fellermelad English
- fellest English
- fellfield English
- fellmonger English
- fellness English
- fellrunning English
- fellside English
- fellwalker English
- fellwalking English
- felon English
- feloness English
- felonous English
- felonry English
- felonwort English
- field English
- monger English
- running English
- side English
- walker English
- walking English
- whitefeller English
- wool English
- woolfell English
- vellen Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)pōl- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epo, *h₂p-*h₃elh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pōl- Proto-Indo-European
- *fallaną Proto-Germanic
- *fallijaną Proto-Germanic
- *fallą Proto-Germanic
- fjäll Swedish
- fjällabb Swedish
- fjällgås Swedish
- fjällpipare Swedish
- fjällripa Swedish
- fjällräv Swedish
- fjälluggla Swedish
- fjällvråk Swedish
- fella Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjell Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjelland Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellbygd Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellgrunn Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellhylle Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellkam Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellkjede Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellmarkmus Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjello Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellområde Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellovergang Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellpass Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellregion Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellrev Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellrik Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellrygg Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellside Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellskred Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellskråning Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjelltopp Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjelluft Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellvidde Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjellvåk Norwegian Nynorsk
- grunnfjell Norwegian Nynorsk
- isfjell Norwegian Nynorsk
- feallan Old English
- fellan Old English
- fiellan Old English
- bocfel Middle English
- fallen Middle English
- fellen Middle English
- felun Middle English
- falla Old Norse
- fella Old Norse
- fjall Old Norse
- vellen Middle Dutch
- fallan Old High German
- *fall gmw-pro
- *fallan gmw-pro
- *fellen Old Dutch
- fallan Old Dutch
- fallan Old Saxon
- fellian Old Saxon
- fiäl Old Swedish
- fjell Westrobothnian
- falla Old Frisian