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Where does “felsken” come from?

felsken (Old High German) comes from Latin falsificare, from Latin falsifico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “felsken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfalsificare—
2LatinfalsificoI make false, corrupt, counterfeit; falsify;...
3LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
4Proto-Italicfakjōto make
5Proto-Italic*θakjō—
6Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “felsken”

  • fälschungssicher
  • fälschen
  • verfälschen
  • Fälschung
  • velschen
  • fälschen
  • onverfälscht
  • verfälscht
  • verfälschen
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