Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falkō

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 Proto-Germanic *falkô.

Noun

*falkō m

1. falcon

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*falkō
Genitive	*falkini, *falkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*falkō	*falkan
Accusative	*falkan	*falkan
Genitive	*falkini, *falkan	*falkanō
Dative	*falkini, *falkan	*falkum
Instrumental	*falkini, *falkan	*falkum

Descendants

• Old English: *fealca, *falca
  • Middle English: falk (in placenames and personal names); fylkere
    • Scots: falk, fauk, faik; facky, feckie
• Old Frisian: *falka
  • Saterland Frisian: Falke
  • West Frisian: falk
• Old Saxon: falko
  • Middle Low German: falke, valke
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Falk
      • Westphalian:

        Westmünsterländisch: Falke

    • Plautdietsch: Faulkj
    • → Old Norse: falki (possibly, alternatively from root) (see there for further descendants)
• Old Dutch: *falco
  • Middle Dutch: valke
    • Dutch: valk
• Old High German: falco, falko, falcho, falc
  • Middle High German: valke
    • German: Falke, Falk
    • Hunsrik: Fallek
    • Luxembourgish: Fallek
• → Late Latin: falcō (possibly) (see there for further descendants)