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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/falwaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *polHwós (pale, gray), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH-. Cognate with Latin pullus (dark, dusky), Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, gray) and πελιός (peliós, dark, dull), and Proto-Balto-Slavic *palwas (pale (yellow)) (e.g. Lithuanian pal̃vas (pale, straw-colored)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑl.wɑz/

Adjective

*falwaz

  1. pale, gray, fallow

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: fealu
  • Old Frisian: *falo, *falu
    • Saterland Frisian: foal
    • West Frisian: feal
  • Old Saxon: falu
  • Frankish: *falu (stem: *falwa-)
    • Old Dutch: *falo
    • Medieval Latin: falvus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: falo
    • Middle High German: val (stem: valw-)
  • Old Norse: fǫlr (stem fǫlv-)
    • Icelandic: fölur
    • Faroese: følin
    • Old Swedish:
    • Swedish: falna (to become pale, verb)
    • Danish: falme (verb)
    • Norwegian: folne, falne, falme (verbs)
  • Suevic: *falwisca
    • Galician: faísca (spark; dandruff)

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
     *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz             
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