falx
Latin
noun
Definitions
- sickle, scythe
- (military) a hook used to pull down walls
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰelk-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dalk English
- dawk English
- falcate English
- falciferous English
- falciform English
- falciformity English
- falcoid English
- falx English
- *falciōnem Latin
- falcarius Latin
- falcastrum Latin
- falciger Latin
- falco Latin
- falx, falcem Latin
- dalle Spanish, Castilian
- falciforme Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰelg- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *polH- Proto-Indo-European
- esfaquear Portuguese
- faca Portuguese
- facada Portuguese
- faqueiro Portuguese
- *dalkaz Proto-Germanic
- dalc Old English
- dalk Middle English
- dalke Middle English
- dealg Irish
- fauchon Old French
- dalle Catalan, Valencian
- faca Galician
- falcă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fălcos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- delg Old Irish
- dealg Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *falkō gmw-pro
- falcã Aromanian
- fãlcos Aromanian
- dilgėlė Lithuanian
- falc'h Breton