פֿאַלדעווען
'to pleat'
פֿאַלדן
פֿאַלבן, פֿאַלבעווען

ETYMOLOGY

Polish fałdować 'to crease, wrinkle, fold' < Polish fałda 'fold, pleat, crease' < Italian falda < Frankish ✱falda; cf. Got. falþan, ON falda 'to hood oneself', OE fealdan, English to fold, OHG faldan, faltan, MHG valden, (from the 13th c. increasingly) valten, NHG falten; from PGmc ✱falþan 'to fold, ply' (or ✱falþ-a-); from PIE ✱pól-t-e-, a to-derivation to the PIE root ✱pel- 'to fold' (or 'to hit'?).
Related: Greek διπλόος, δῐπλοῦς 'twofold', Latin duplus 'double, twofold'.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

ə gəfaldi šdern אַ געפֿאַלדע שטערן {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 014-060}