Where does “valsche” come from?

valsche (Middle High German) comes from Finnish falski, from Swedish falsk — false; untrustworthy.

Ancestry of “valsche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfalskifake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of...
2Swedishfalskfalse; untrustworthy

Words derived from “valsche”

Every word from Swedish falsk →Every word from Finnish falski →