Where does “falešný” come from?

falešný (Czech) comes from Czech faleš, from German falsch, from Italian falso, from Polish fałszywy, from Polish fałsz, from Middle High German valsch, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.

falešný (Czech): fake counterfeit

Definitions

  1. fake counterfeit

Ancestry of “falešný”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechfalešdeceit
2Germanfalschfalse, unfactual, untrue; wrong; fake, forged
3Italianfalsofalse; sham; forgery
4Polishfałszywyfalse
5Polishfałszdeceitfulness, phoniness; falsehood, falsity
6Middle High Germanvalsch
7Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
8Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-Every word from Latin fallōEvery word from Latin falsus
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