Where does “falsk” come from?

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

falsk (Norwegian Nynorsk): false

Definitions

  1. false

Ancestry of “falsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvalschfalse, wrong; falsely, wrongly; fraud, trickery
2Finnishfalskifake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of...
3Swedishfalskfalse; untrustworthy
Every word from Swedish falsk →Every word from Finnish falski →Every word from Middle Low German valsch →