Proto-Germanic

*fellą

‘skin, hide’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *fellą.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *fellą, most familiar first.

• fell ← fel
• filter ← filtre ← filtrum ← *felt
• muffle ← muflen ← amoufler ← enmoufler ← muffula
• phin ← filtre ← filtrum ← *felt
• fewter ← feuter ← feutre ← filtrum ← *felt

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fellą