Where does “valsch” come from?

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

valsch (Middle Low German): false, wrong; falsely, wrongly; fraud, trickery

Definitions

  1. false, wrong; falsely, wrongly; fraud, trickery

Ancestry of “valsch”, step by step

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

Words derived from “valsch”

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