Etymology

felly

fel·ly
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Today it means: The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes. Full definition →

Middle English fely ← Old English felg ← Proto-Germanic *felgō
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felly · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pl̥ǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*felgō
  3. Old English · inherited fromfelg
  4. Middle English · inherited fromfely
  5. English todayfelly

From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).

felly · adverb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromfelly
  2. English todayfelly

From Middle English felly, felli, fellich, equivalent to fell + -ly.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfelg all →

felloe

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