Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falis

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falisaz.

Noun

*falis m

rock

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*falis
Genitive	*falisas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*falis	falisō, falisōs
Accusative	*falis	*falisā
Genitive	*falisas	*falisō
Dative	*falisē	*falisum
Instrumental	*falisu	*falisum

Descendants

Old Saxon: felis
- Middle Low German: vels
Old Dutch: *felis
- Middle Dutch: vels
  - Dutch: vels
Old High German: felis, fels, feliso
- Middle High German: vels, velse
  - German: Fels, Felsen (often distinguished)
  - Hunsrik: Fels
  - Luxembourgish: Fiels
→ Vulgar Latin: *falisa, *falesa
- Old French: falise, falese, faleise, faloise
  - Middle French: falize, falise, faleise, faloise, falaise
    - French: falaise (see there for further descendants)
  - → Medieval Latin: falesa, falisia
    - Italian: falesa, falesia