Where does “farsk” come from?

farsk (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse falskr, from Middle Low German valsch, from Finnish falski, from Swedish falsk — false; untrustworthy.

farsk (Westrobothnian): deceitful, deceptive; thin, light grey ash

Definitions

  1. deceitful, deceptive; thin, light grey ash

Ancestry of “farsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefalskr—
2Middle Low Germanvalschfalse, wrong; falsely, wrongly; fraud, trickery
3Finnishfalskifake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of...
4Swedishfalskfalse; untrustworthy
Every word from Swedish falsk →Every word from Finnish falski →Every word from Middle Low German valsch →