Where does “falsa” come from?

falsa (Cornish) comes from Cornish fals, from Middle English fals, from Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falsa (Cornish): to scythe

Definitions

  1. to scythe

Ancestry of “falsa”, step by step

falsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish fals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishfalsadulterous, cheating, false, insincere, treacherous
2Middle Englishfalsfalse
3Old Englishfalsfalsehood, fraud, counterfeit; false
4Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
5Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

via Cornish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CornishaMarks the following verb to the preceding...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-
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