feeld
Middle English
/feːld/
noun
Definitions
- A field open and flat country or land
- A field enclosed area filled with grass, especially around a settlement
- The countryside; empty land that surrounds a settlement.
- Wild land; land that has not been developed or worked.
- The Earth's ground or surface; the visible layer of terrain across the Earth.
- A location where combat or conflict takes place; a battlefield.
- An army or regiment; a levy of fighting-men.
- A heraldic field; the background of a shield.
- (rare) The place where something takes place.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English feld (battlefield, open cultivated land, plain, field) inherited from Proto-Germanic *felþą (field, plain).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*felþą
Gloss
field, plain
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
野, 畑, 原
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pelth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *felþuz Proto-Germanic
- *felþą Proto-Germanic
- feld Old English
- feldbeo Old English
- feldielfen Old English
- feldlic Old English
- feldmore Old English
- feldswamm Old English
- feldwyrt Old English
- feldælfen Old English
- feeldi Middle English
- field Middle English
- feld Old High German
- *felþu gmw-pro
- feld Old Dutch
- felt Old Dutch
- feld Old Saxon
- feld Old Frisian