fallow
English
/ˈfæləʊ/, /ˈfæloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (agriculture) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
- (agriculture) Uncultivated land.
- The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English falow inherited from Old English fealh (fallow land) inherited from *falgu (fallow) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (arable land).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*polḱéh₂
Gloss
arable land
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chat English
- fallowchat English
- fallower English
- fallowfinch English
- fallowist English
- fallowness English
- finch English
- twifallow English
- Felge German
- Leichtmetallfelge German
- falbo Italian
- valg Dutch, Flemish
- fauve French
- fauvement French
- fauvette French
- fauvisme French
- pâle French
- pâlement French
- pâleur French
- pâlot French
- лесополоса Russian
- полоса́ Russian
- полоска Russian
- полоснуть Russian
- *polḱéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *falhuz Proto-Germanic
- fälg Swedish
- felga Polish
- fealg Old English
- fealh Old English
- falow Middle English
- ceannliath Irish
- dúliath Irish
- liath Irish
- scothliath Irish
- *polvъ Proto-Slavic
- felga Serbo-Croatian
- plav Serbo-Croatian
- valge Middle Dutch
- líath Old Irish
- liath Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- breck-lheeah Manx
- lheeah Manx
- fauve Middle French
- *falgu gmw-pro
- *ɸlētos Proto-Celtic
- fauch Scots
- falb Old Occitan