English
treefall
From tree + fall.
Proto-Indo-European *dóru
Proto-Germanic *trewą
Proto-West Germanic *treu
Old English trēo ‘tree’
Middle English trau
English tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’
Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’
Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’
Old English feallan ‘to fall’
Middle English fallen ‘to fall’
English fall
Today it means
noun The act of a tree falling, or the extent to which this occurs in a given region.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “treefall”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / treefall