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

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^[1], 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)

References

^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage)‎

[1] Köbler, Gerhard (2014) Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage)‎

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