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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falskōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *falscō, *falsicō, from Latin falsificō (to make false, falsify, counterfeit).[1] Alternatively dissimilated from earlier *falsiskōn, from Latin falsum (falsehood, forgery) + *-isk (adjectival suffix) + *-ōn (factitive verb suffix).

Verb

*falskōn

  1. to falsify, counterfeit
  2. to declare false

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *falskōn
1st sg. past *falskōdā
Infinitive *falskōn
Genitive infin. *falskōnijas
Dative infin. *falskōnijē
Instrum. infin. *falskōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *falskō *falskōdā
2nd singular *falskōs *falskōdēs, *falskōdōs
3rd singular *falskōþ *falskōdē, *falskōdā
1st plural *falskōm *falskōdum
2nd plural *falskōþ *falskōdud
3rd plural *falskōnþ *falskōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *falskō *falskōdī
2nd singular *falskōs *falskōdī
3rd singular *falskō *falskōdī
1st plural *falskōm *falskōdīm
2nd plural *falskōþ *falskōdīd
3rd plural *falskōn *falskōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *falskō
Plural *falskōþ
Present Past
Participle *falskōndī *falskōd

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: falskia
    • Old Frisian: bifalskia
  • Old High German: falskōn, falsken, felsken
    • Middle High German: valschen, falschen, velschen, felschen
    • Old High German: gifalskōn, gifelsken
      • Middle High German: gevelschen, gevalschen, gefelschen, gefalschen

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “fälschen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 201
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