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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falu

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

Alternative forms

  • *fali

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faluz (cruel, evil).

Adjective

*falu

  1. evil, cruel

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *fæle, *felo, *fel
    • Middle English: fel, fell
    • Old English: ælfæle, ealfelo
    • Old English: wælfel
  • Old Frisian: fal
    • Saterland Frisian: fäl
    • West Frisian: fel
  • Old Saxon: *felu, *felo
    • Middle Low German: fel, vil (possibly a borrowing from Middle Dutch ?)
      • German Low German: fell
  • Old Dutch: *felo
    • Middle Dutch: fel (reinforced or possibly reborrowed from Old French)
  • Old High German: *felo
    • Middle High German: vel
  • Vulgar Latin: *felus
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