English
vielle
Vielle comes from Old French viele.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400viele
- Englishtodayvielle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400viele
- Englishtodayvielle
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’
veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, wether, inveterate, bacha, 16 more
through Latin vitulus ‘a [male] calf’
through Medieval Latin vitula ‘a young cow, a female calf, a heifer’
Today it means
noun A medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French viele / vielle