Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faludaz

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

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Old Swedish fala (“a plain, heath”). Compare also Latin Palātium (“one of the seven hills of Rome”), Latin palātum (“vault, roof of the mouth, palate”).

Noun

*faludaz m

a hurdle; fence
an enclosed space, enclosure

Inflection

Declension of *faludaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*faludaz	faludōz, faludōs
vocative	*falud	faludōz, faludōs
accusative	*faludą	*faludanz
genitive	faludas, faludis	*faludǫ̂
dative	*faludai	*faludamaz
instrumental	*faludō	*faludamiz

Related terms

*felō (possibly)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *falud, *falad
- Old English: fald, falod, falud
  - Middle English: fald, fold, folde
    - Scots: fald, fauld
    - English: fold
    - → Welsh: ffald
- Old Saxon: faled, fald
  - Middle Low German: vālet, vālt, vōlt
    - → Old Danish: fald
      - Danish: fold
    - → Swedish: fålla
- Old Dutch: *falod, faldo
  - Middle Dutch: vaelde, vaelt
    - Dutch: vaalt
      - Afrikaans: vaalt
- → Old French: falde, faude
- Old High German: falt