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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falkō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *falkô.
Noun
*falkō m
- falcon
Inflection
Masculine an-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *falkō | |
Genitive | *falkini | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *falkō | *falkan |
Accusative | *falkan | *falkan |
Genitive | *falkini | *falkanō |
Dative | *falkini | *falkum |
Instrumental | *falkini | *falkum |
Descendants
- Old English: fealca, fealcen
- Middle English: falk (in placenames and personal names); fylkere
- Scots: falk, fauk, faik; facky, feckie
- Middle English: falk (in placenames and personal names); fylkere
- 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)
- Low German:
- Middle Low German: falke, valke
- Old Dutch: *falco
- Middle Dutch: valke
- Dutch: valk
- Middle Dutch: valke
- Old High German: falco, falko, falcho, falc
- Middle High German: valke
- German: Falke, Falk
- Luxembourgish: Fallek
- Middle High German: valke
- → Late Latin: falcō (possibly) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014) Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage)