From Middle English feeld, feld, from Old English feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþuz, *felþaz, *felþą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- or *pleth₂- (with schwebeablaut).
Cognate with Scots feld, feild, North Frisian fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to Old English folde, Old English folm. More at fold.
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