An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Falte

by Friedrich Kluge

Falte, feminine, ‘fold, plait, crease, hem,’ from Middle High German valte, Old High German falt, masculine, ‘fold,’ is primitively cognate with Sanscrit puṭa, ‘fold’ (from pulta). See falzen. — From an Old Teutonic Faltstuhl (Anglo-Saxon fyldstôl), ‘folding stool,’ is derived the French cognate fauteuil, which has lately been adopted again by Modern High German; compare Middle Latin faldistolium, faldistorium, Italian faldistorio.