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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faluz

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.luz/

Adjective

*faluz

  1. terrible; cruel; bad

Inflection


  • *fēlaz

Descendants

  • Old English: fæle, felu, felo, fel (all in compounds)
  • Old Frisian: fal
    • Saterland Frisian: fäl
  • Old Saxon: *fel
    • Middle Low German: fel, vil (possibly a borrowing from Middle Dutch ?)
      • German Low German: fell
  • Frankish: *fal, *fel
    • Old Dutch: fel
      • Middle Dutch: fel (reinforced or possibly reborrowed from Old French)
    • Vulgar Latin: *felus
  • Old Norse: *fall, *fell
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