Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/falisaz

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

Alternative forms

*felzaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pels-, *pelis- (“rock, cliff”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.li.sɑz/

Noun

*falisaz m

rock, cliff

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *falisaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*falisaz	falisōz, falisōs
vocative	*falis	falisōz, falisōs
accusative	*falisą	*falisanz
genitive	falisas, falisis	*falisǫ̂
dative	*falisai	*falisamaz
instrumental	*falisō	*falisamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *falis
- Old Saxon: felis
  - Middle Low German: vels
- Old Dutch: *felis
  - Middle Dutch: vels
    - Dutch: vels
- Old High German: felis, fels, feliso
  - Middle High German: vels, velse
    - German: Fels, Felsen (often distinguished)
    - Hunsrik: Fels
    - Luxembourgish: Fiels
- → Vulgar Latin: *falisa, *falesa
  - Old French: falise, falese, faleise, faloise
    - Middle French: falize, falise, faleise, faloise, falaise
      - French: falaise
    - → Medieval Latin: falesa, falisia
      - Italian: falesa, falesia
Old Norse: fell, fjall (possibly < *felzaz)
- Icelandic: fjall, fell
- Faroese: fjall
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell; (dialectal) fjall, fjadd
- Old Swedish: fiæl
  - Swedish: fjäll
- Danish: fjeld
  - Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
- → Middle English: fell, fel
  - Scots: fell, fiold
  - English: fell