Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falskōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *falscō, *falsicō, from Latin falsificō (“to make false, falsify, counterfeit”).[1] Alternatively dissimilated from earlier *falsiskōn, from Latin falsum (“falsehood, forgery”) + *-isk (adjectival suffix) + *-ōn (factitive verb suffix).
Verb
*falskōn
- to falsify, counterfeit
- to declare false
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *falskōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *falskōdā | |
| Infinitive | *falskōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *falskōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *falskōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *falskōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *falskō | *falskōdā |
| 2nd singular | *falskōs | *falskōdēs, *falskōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *falskōþ | *falskōdē, *falskōdā |
| 1st plural | *falskōm | *falskōdum |
| 2nd plural | *falskōþ | *falskōdud |
| 3rd plural | *falskōnþ | *falskōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *falskō | *falskōdī |
| 2nd singular | *falskōs | *falskōdī |
| 3rd singular | *falskō | *falskōdī |
| 1st plural | *falskōm | *falskōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *falskōþ | *falskōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *falskōn | *falskōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *falskō | |
| Plural | *falskōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *falskōndī | *falskōd |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old Frisian: falskia
- ⇒ Old Frisian: bifalskia
- Old Saxon:
- Old Dutch:
- Old High German: falskōn, falsken, felsken
- Middle High German: velschen, felschen
- German: fälschen
- ⇒ Old High German: gifalskōn, gifelsken (“to prove wrong”)
- Middle High German: gevelschen, gevalschen, gefelschen, gefalschen
- Middle High German: velschen, felschen
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “fälschen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 201