köken: From Middle High German val (inflected valwe), from Old High German falo, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. While the variant falb is from the Middle High German inflected stem, the form fahl is based on the uninflected stem. However, the lengthened vowel points to influence by varieties that reduce -lw- to -l- even in open syllables; these include Middle Low German vāl (declined vāle), from Old Saxon…
aile: Fahlheit
Schon rothes und fahles Haar muß er bleichen, um es braun oder schwarz zu beizen.
köken: Etymology tree Latin palleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English palebor. ▲ Old French paleder. French pâlebor. Esperanto pala From English pale, French pâle.