Where does “פֿאַלש” come from?

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

פֿאַלש (Yiddish): false

Definitions

  1. false

Ancestry of “פֿאַלש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvalsche—
2Finnishfalskifake, insincere, phony; false, spurious; out of...
3Swedishfalskfalse; untrustworthy
Every word from Swedish falsk →Every word from Finnish falski →Every word from Middle High German valsche →