English

Ferndale

From fern + dale.

A compound of fern + dale

Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH-

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Proto-Germanic *farnaz

Proto-West Germanic *farn

Old English fearn

Middle English fern

English fern

Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’

Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley’

Old English dæl ‘valley’

Middle English dale ‘a dale or valley’

English dale

Today it means

name A number of places in the United States: A city in Humboldt County, California.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ferndale