Etymology Explorer › DanishWhere does “falskhed” come from? falskhed (Danish) comes from Danish hed, from Old Danish het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.
falskhed (Danish): dishonesty; unreliability, deceitfulness
Definitions dishonesty; unreliability, deceitfulness Ancestry of “falskhed”, step by step falskhed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish hed Step Language Word Meaning 1 Danish hed imperative of hedde; past tense of hedde 2 Old Danish het — 3 Old Norse heitr hot 4 Proto-Germanic haitaz hot 5 Proto-Indo-European *keHy- to heat
via Danish falsk Step Language Word Meaning 1 Danish falsk false; fake; counterfeit 2 Middle Low German valsch false, wrong; falsely, wrongly; fraud, trickery 3 Finnish falski fake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of... 4 Swedish falsk false; untrustworthy