Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falkō

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

From Proto-Germanic *falkô.

Noun

*falkō m

  1. falcon

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *falkō
Genitive *falkini, *falkan
Singular Plural
Nominative *falkō *falkan
Accusative *falkan *falkan
Genitive *falkini, *falkan *falkanō
Dative *falkini, *falkan *falkum
Instrumental *falkini, *falkan *falkum

Descendants

  • Old English: *fealca, *falca
    • Middle English: falk (in placenames and personal names); fylkere
  • Old Frisian: *falka
  • 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)
  • Old Dutch: *falco
  • Old High German: falco, falko, falcho, falc
  • → Late Latin: falcō (possibly) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage)‎[1]
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