Where 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

  1. dishonesty; unreliability, deceitfulness

Ancestry of “falskhed”, step by step

falskhed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish hed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhedimperative of hedde; past tense of hedde
2Old Danishhet
3Old Norseheitrhot
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Danish falsk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfalskfalse; fake; counterfeit
2Middle Low Germanvalschfalse, wrong; falsely, wrongly; fraud, trickery
3Finnishfalskifake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of...
4Swedishfalskfalse; untrustworthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-Every word from Proto-Germanic haitazEvery word from Old Norse heitr