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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faluz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, float, fly, swim, flee”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.luz/

Adjective

*faluz

  1. terrible; cruel; bad; baleful

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *falu, *fali
    • 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
  • Old Norse: *fæl (< Proto-Germanic *fēlaz)
    • Norwegian: fæl
    • Danish: fæl
    • ⇒ Old Norse: fæla (“to scare, terrify”)
      • ⇒ Old Norse: fælinn (“scared, timid, shy”)
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