Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fall

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 *fallaz.

Noun

*fall m

1. a fall
2. death, destruction, downfall

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fall
Genitive	*fallas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fall	*fallō, *fallōs
Accusative	*fall	*fallā
Genitive	*fallas	*fallō
Dative	*fallē	*fallum
Instrumental	*fallu	*fallum

Descendants

• Old English: feall
  • Middle English: falle
    • English: fall
• Old Frisian: fal
  • North Frisian: fal
  • Saterland Frisian: Fal, Faal
  • West Frisian: fal
• Old Saxon: fal
  • Middle Low German: val
    • German Low German: Fall
• Old Dutch: *fal
  • Middle Dutch: val
    • Dutch: val
• Old High German: fal
  • Middle High German: val
    • German: Fall