The story
- Old Norse · derived fromfélagskapr
- Middle English · inherited fromfelowschipe
- English todayfellowship
From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.