Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falskī

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

From *falskōn (“to falsify, counterfeit”) +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix). Alternatively reconstructed as *falsk, dissimilated from earlier *falsisk, from Latin falsum (“falsehood, forgery”) +‎ *-isk (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

*falskī

false, counterfeit

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*falskī
Genitive	*falskijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*falskī	*falskiju	*falskī
Accusative	*falskijanā	*falskijā	*falskī
Genitive	*falskijas	*falskijeʀā	*falskijas
Dative	*falskijumē	*falskijeʀē	*falskijumē
Instrumental	*falskiju	*falskijeʀu	*falskiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*falskijē	*falskijō	*falskiju
Accusative	*falskijā	*falskijā	*falskiju
Genitive	*falskijeʀō	*falskijeʀō	*falskijeʀō
Dative	falskijēm, falskijum	falskijēm, falskijum	falskijēm, falskijum
Instrumental	falskijēm, falskijum	falskijēm, falskijum	falskijēm, falskijum

Reconstruction notes

Middle Germanic forms converged with cognate Old French borrowing fals (“false”).

Descendants

Old Frisian: falsk
- Saterland Frisian: falsk
- West Frisian: falsck
Old Saxon: *falski
- Middle Low German: valsch
  - → Danish: falsk
  - → Faroese: falskur
  - → Icelandic: falskur
  - → Norwegian: falsk
  - → Swedish: falsk
Old Dutch: *falski
- Middle Dutch: valsche, valsch
  - Dutch: valsch (obsolete)
    - Negerhollands: valsch
  - Limburgish: valsj
Old High German: *falski
- Middle High German: valsche, falsche, valsch, falsch, velsch, felsch
  - Bavarian: foisch
    Cimbrian: valtz, baltz
  - German: falsch (see there for further descendants)
  - Luxembourgish: falsch
  - Yiddish: פֿאַלש (falsh)
  - → Hungarian: fals
  - → Polish: fałsz
  - → Romanian: falș

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