The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*faldanaz
- Old English · inherited fromfealden
- Middle English · inherited fromfolden
- English todayfolden
From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ġefealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþaną (“to fold”), equivalent to fold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.