Where does “vervalsen” come from?
vervalsen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vals, from Middle Dutch valsch, from Old French fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
vervalsen (Dutch): to falsify
Definitions
- to falsify
Ancestry of “vervalsen”, step by step
vervalsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vals
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vals | fake, false; off-key, out of tune; vicious |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | valsch | untrustworthy, treacherous; false, not authentic;... |
| 3 | Old French | fals | false |
| 4 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |