Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falskōn

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *falscō, *falsicō, from Latin falsificō (“to make false, falsify, counterfeit”). Alternatively dissimilated from earlier *falsiskōn, from Latin falsum (“falsehood, forgery”) +‎ *-isk (adjectival suffix) +‎ *-ōn (factitive verb suffix).

Verb

*falskōn

1. to falsify, counterfeit
2. 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

• *falskī
• *falskō
• *falsku
• *frafalskōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: falskia
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: bifalskia
• Old Saxon: *falskōn
  • Middle High German: velschen, valschen
• Old Dutch: *falskōn
  • Middle Dutch: valschen, velschen, valsen
• 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