Etymology
1. From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-.
2. Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”). See: Old English Nouns '
fellan', Danish Nouns '
fælde'.
Verbs referencing "fell"
English Nouns
leather, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
fella, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
fjell, Swedish Nouns
fjäll, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
fjedl.