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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{cln|gmw-pro|terms suffixed with *-ō}}
{{cln|gmw-pro|terms suffixed with *-ō}}
Presumable from {{af|gmw-pro|*fali|t1=cruel, evil|*-jō}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*-ō|id=agent noun}}. Alternatively, often cited as being related to {{m|gmw-pro|*fillijan|t=to flay}}.<ref>{{R:fr:TLFi|félon}}</ref>
Presumable from {{af|gmw-pro|*fali|t1=cruel, evil|*-jō}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*-ō|id=agent noun}}. Alternatively, often cited as being related to {{m|gmw-pro|*fillijan|t=to flay}}.<ref name="TLFi">{{R:fr:TLFi|félon}}</ref>


===Noun===
===Noun===
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====Alternative reconstructions====
====Alternative reconstructions====
* {{alter|gmw-pro|alt1=*fillō|alt2=*fillijō}}<ref>{{R:nl:Etymologiebank|fel}}</ref><ref>{{R:fr:TLFi|félon}}</ref>
* {{alt|gmw-pro|alt=*fellō}},<ref>{{R:nl:Etymologiebank|fel}}</ref><ref name="TLFi" /> {{alt|gmw-pro|alt=*filljō}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====

Revision as of 17:40, 22 July 2024

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

Presumable from *fali (cruel, evil) +‎ *-jō, *-ō. Alternatively, often cited as being related to *fillijan (to flay).[1]

Noun

*falljō m

  1. evildoer

Declension

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *falljō
Genitive *falljini, *falljan
Singular Plural
Nominative *falljō *falljan
Accusative *falljan *falljan
Genitive *falljini, *falljan *falljanō
Dative *falljini, *falljan *falljum
Instrumental *falljini, *falljan *falljum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old High German: fello (bastard)
  • ? Medieval Latin: fellō (criminal) [858, Capitula Caroli Calvi] (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 félon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “fel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute