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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*faluz

  1. terrible; cruel; bad; baleful

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *falu, *fali
    • Old English: *fæle, *felo, *fel
    • 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)