falla
Icelandic
/ˈfatla/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to fall
- (intransitive) to be killed, especially in action or in battle
- (intransitive) to flow
- (intransitive) to fit closely, to shut tight, to meet
- (intransitive) to like
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse falla inherited from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (fall) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pōl-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airfall English
- ashfall English
- backfall English
- befall English
- bergfall English
- byfall English
- catfall English
- deadfall English
- dewfall English
- dogfall English
- downfall English
- dustfall English
- earthfall English
- evenfall English
- fall English
- fallboard English
- faller English
- fallest English
- falleth English
- fallish English
- fallout English
- fallrate English
- fallstreak English
- fallway English
- fally-aparty English
- flagfall English
- fogfall English
- footfall English
- freefall English
- grainfall English
- hailfall English
- icefall English
- infall English
- jawfall English
- landfall English
- lavafall English
- leaffall English
- litterfall English
- mid-fall English
- misfall English
- mousefall English
- nightfall English
- offal English
- onfall English
- outfall English
- overfall English
- pinfall English
- pitfall English
- planetfall English
- pratfall English
- prefall English
- rainfall English
- refall English
- rockfall English
- shortfall English
- smokefall English
- snowfall English
- spatfall English
- stonefall English
- sunfall English
- throughfall English
- tidefall English
- tofall English
- treefall English
- waterfall English
- whalefall English
- windfall English
- Fall German
- fallen German
- *(s)pōl- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epo, *h₂p-*h₃elh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pōl- Proto-Indo-European
- *fallaną Proto-Germanic
- *fallijaną Proto-Germanic
- フォール Japanese
- feallan Old English
- fal Middle English
- falla Old Norse
- ryk Icelandic
- rykfalla Icelandic
- fallan Old High German
- falla Faroese
- vallen Middle High German
- afalen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- eroffalen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- falen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *fall gmw-pro
- *fallan gmw-pro
- fallan Old Dutch
- ballan Cimbrian
- gaballan Cimbrian
- fallan Old Saxon
- falla Old Swedish
- fååll Westrobothnian
- falla Old Frisian
- fal Volapük
- *spala Proto-Albanian
- fallæ Old Danish