Where does “valtz” come from?

valtz (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German valsche, from Finnish falski, from Swedish falsk — false; untrustworthy.

valtz (Cimbrian): sly, cunning

Definitions

  1. sly, cunning

Ancestry of “valtz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvalsche—
2Finnishfalskifake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of...
3Swedishfalskfalse; untrustworthy

Words derived from “valtz”

Every word from Swedish falsk →Every word from Finnish falski →Every word from Middle High German valsche →