Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faludaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Old Swedish fala (“a plain, heath”). Compare also Latin Palātium (“one of the seven hills of Rome”), Latin palātum (“vault, roof of the mouth, palate”).

Noun

*faludaz m

an enclosed space, enclosure

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *faludaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*faludaz	faludōz, faludōs
vocative	*falud	faludōz, faludōs
accusative	*faludą	*faludanz
genitive	faludas, faludis	*faludǫ̂
dative	*faludai	*faludamaz
instrumental	*faludō	*faludamiz

Descendants

Old English: fald, falod, falud
- Middle English: fald, fold, folde
  - Scots: fald, fauld
  - English: fold
  - Welsh: ffald
Old Saxon: faled
- Middle Low German: valde, valt, vālt
  - Old Danish: fald
    - Danish: fold
  - Swedish: fålla
Old Dutch: *faled
- Middle Dutch: vaelde, vaelt
  - Dutch: vaalt
    - Afrikaans: vaalt

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