An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Falte
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.