Where does “valsch” come from?
valsch (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French fals, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
valsch (Middle Dutch): untrustworthy, treacherous; false, not authentic;...
Definitions
- untrustworthy, treacherous; false, not authentic;...
Ancestry of “valsch”, step by step
valsch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French fals
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | fals | false |
| 2 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 3 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Finnish falski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | falski | fake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of... |
| 2 | Swedish | falsk | false; untrustworthy |
Words derived from “valsch”