Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falljō

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*falljō m

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

*fillō,^[2]^[1] *filljō^[2]

Descendants

>? Old Dutch: *fello
- Middle Dutch: felle, fel (“unscrupulous person, scoundrel, villian”) (possibly reinforced or reborrowed from Old French)
→? Medieval Latin: fellō (“criminal”) [858, Capitula Caroli Calvi] (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “félon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “fel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[TLFi-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “félon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

[EWN-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “fel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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