Etymograph

English

veld

Veld may come from Afrikaans veld ‘a field, open country’.

  1. Afrikaansmodernveld‘a field, open country’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1789veld

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Afrikaansmodernveld‘a field, open country’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1789veld

Earliest quotation: 1789, The Analytical Review: “Advance tovvards the Cond Bokke Veld, or cold country…”

The story

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (‘field; open country’) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (‘field, plain’), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (‘flat’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’

floor, explain, plane, explanation, plain, palm, clan, explanatory, playa, archipelago, fluke, placenta, planar, parma, palatine, esplanade, flounder, placate, plantar, implacable, lech, flay, polonium, pelagic, llano, floe, planta, purdah, 49 more

through Proto-West Germanic *felþu

field, 1 more

Today it means

noun The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.

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Etymograph / Afrikaans veld / veld

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