Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falgu

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

Alternative reconstructions

falgi^[1]

Etymology

Uncertain;^[2] from Proto-Germanic *falgō,^[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *polḱ-éh₂ (“arable land”), perhaps cognate with Gaulish *olcā (“arable land”) (whence French ouche), as well as Lithuanian plė́šti, Latvian plêst (“to tear, pluck; to plow land for the first time”).^[3]

Noun

*falgu f

fallow

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*falgu
Genitive	*falgā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*falgu	*falgō
Accusative	*falgā	*falgā
Genitive	*falgā	*falgō
Dative	*falgē	falgōm, falgum
Instrumental	*falgu	falgōm, falgum

Descendants

Old English: fealg, fealh, felg
- Middle English: falwe, falow, falugh, falghe
  - English: fallow
  - Scots: fauch
  - Yola: falloo
Old Frisian: fallach
- North Frisian: falig
- Saterland Frisian: falge
- West Frisian: felling
Old Dutch: *falh
- Middle Dutch: *valch, valge
  - Dutch: valg, valge
Old High German: felga
- Middle High German: velge
  - German: Felge (dialectal)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 de Vries, Jan (1971) “valg”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “*falgō, *falgi”
^ Friedrich Kluge (2002) “Felge²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*falgō”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125

[NEW-1] 1.0 ^1.1 de Vries, Jan (1971) “valg”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “*falgō, *falgi”

[2] Friedrich Kluge (2002) “Felge²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*falgō”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125

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