veld

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleh₂-“flat”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*felþuz“field, plain”
3. Dutch · derived fromveld“field; open country”
4. Afrikaans · borrowed fromveld
5. English todayveld

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of field.

Words from the same roots