Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/falisaz

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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

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Alternative forms

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  • *falisaz (West Germanic only)
  • *felzaz

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pels-, *pelis- (rock, cliff), or perhaps an s-stem *pél-es-.[1] Compare Old Irish ail (boulder, rock), Proto-Celtic *ɸallo- (cliff), Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, stone, rock) and Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a). Kroonen suggests reconstructing an acrostatic *pól-s ~ *pél-s-s, with o-grade based especially on the Old French borrowing falise.
Alternatively from a substrate language; more at πέλλα (pélla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*falisaz m

  1. rock, cliff

Inflection

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fel(e)sa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134

Further reading

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