*falisaz

Runic: ᚠᚨᛚᛁᛊᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.li.sɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

rock, cliff
mountain

Etymology

Possibly from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *pels-/*pelis- (‘rock, cliff’), or perhaps an s-stem *pél-es- (Matasović 2009a). Compare Old Irish ail (‘boulder, rock’), from Proto-Celtic *ɸales (‘rock, stone’), and Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa) (pāṣāṇa, ‘stone, rock’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	falisaz	falisōz, falisōs
Acc.	falisą	falisanz
Gen.	falisas, falisis	falisǫ̂
Dat.	falisai	falisamaz
Inst.	falisō	falisamiz
Voc.	falis	falisōz, falisōs

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Descendants

*falis (Proto-West Germanic)
- *felis (Old Dutch)
  - vels (Middle Dutch)
    - vels (Dutch)
*falis (Proto-West Germanic)
- felis, fels, feliso (Old High German)
  - vels, velse (Middle High German)
    - Fels, Felsen (German)
    - Fiels (Luxembourgish)
*falis (Proto-West Germanic)
- felis (Old Saxon)
  - vels (Middle Low German)
fell, fjall (Old Norse)
- fjall (Faroese)
- fjall, fell (Icelandic)
- fjell, fjall, fjadd, fjedl (Norwegian Nynorsk)
fell, fjall (Old Norse)
- fjeld (Danish)
  - fjell (Norwegian Bokmål)
fell, fjall (Old Norse)
- fell, fel (Middle English)
  - fell (English)
  - fell, fiold (Scots)
fell, fjall (Old Norse)
- fiæl (Old Swedish)
  - fjäll (Swedish)

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