- languages. The
exact derivation is unclear, with the Old
English fiæll or
feallan and the Old
Norse fall all
being possible candidates. However,
these words...
- "food," fēdan "to feed" < Pre-OE *fōdjan; lār "lore," lǣran "to teach;"
feallan "to fall,"
fiellan "to fell." In the
abstract nouns in þ(u) (PGmc *-iþō)...
- vowels): Proto-Germanic *fallan > Anglo-Frisian *fællan > Old
English feallan "fall" PG *erþō > OE eorþe "earth" PG *lizaną > OE
liornian "learn" In...
- "favor" > ME "este" +lC a æ > e /a/ /e/ /ɔː/ /ɛ/ PG *fallaną > OE
fallan (WS
feallan) > "to fall"; PG *fallijaną > OE fællan >
fellan (WS fiellan) > "to fell"...
-
because the
consonant after /l/ is not /h/)
feorr [feorr] "far" < */ferr/
feallan [ˈfæɑllɑn] "to fall" < */ˈfællan/ (but
tellan <
earlier */ˈtælljan/ is...
- [ˈle͝orˠniɑn] ('learn') *erþǣ > eorþǣ > eorþe [ˈe͝orˠðe] ('earth') *fællan >
feallan [ˈfæ͝ɑɫɫɑn] ('to fall')
Based on
phonotactic constraints on
initial clusters...
