falcon
English
/ˈfɔː(l)kən/, /ˈfælkən/
noun
Definitions
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are bird of birds of prey.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English faucoun derived from Old French falcun (falcon) derived from Latin falcō (falcon) derived from Frankish *falko (falcon, hawk) derived from Proto-Germanic *falkô (falcon, hawk, literally, grey bird) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (pale).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pol̑-
Gloss
pale
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- falconet English
- falconine English
- falconish English
- falconologist English
- falcō Latin
- falcōnem Latin
- Falke German
- Turmfalke German
- Wanderfalke German
- falco Italian
- Valkenburg Dutch, Flemish
- dwergvalk Dutch, Flemish
- giervalk Dutch, Flemish
- jachtvalk Dutch, Flemish
- lachvalk Dutch, Flemish
- valk Dutch, Flemish
- valkenjacht Dutch, Flemish
- *polH- Proto-Indo-European
- *pol̑- Proto-Indo-European
- *falkô Proto-Germanic
- aftonfalk Swedish
- amurfalk Swedish
- eleonorafalk Swedish
- falk Swedish
- jaktfalk Swedish
- pilgrimsfalk Swedish
- rödfalk Swedish
- stenfalk Swedish
- tatarfalk Swedish
- tornfalk Swedish
- fauconer Middle English
- faucoun Middle English
- falki Old Norse
- falkr Old Norse
- falcun Old French
- faucon Old French
- fálki Icelandic
- valke Middle Dutch
- falco Old High German
- faulcon Middle French
- *falkō gmw-pro
- falko Old Saxon
- falcuç Friulian
- *falko Frankish
- falcuni Sicilian
- fàrco Ligurian
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