Where does “fals” come from?

fals (Icelandic) comes from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

fals (Icelandic): falseness, dissimulation; fraud, imposture;...

Definitions

  1. falseness, dissimulation; fraud, imposture;...

Ancestry of “fals”, step by step

fals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin falsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
2Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

via Danish fals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfals—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →