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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 forms

Etymology

Uncertain[2]; from Proto-Germanic *falgō,[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *polḱ-éh₂ (“arable land”),[3] perhaps cognate with Gaulish *olcā (“arable land”) (whence French ouche).

Noun

*falgu f

  1. 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
  • Old High German: felga
    • Middle High German: velge
      • German: Felge (dialectal)

References
  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. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*falgō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125
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