falla
Swedish
/falːa/
verb-irr
Definitions
- to fall
- to die, especially in battle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish falla inherited from Old Norse falla inherited from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (fall) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo, *h₂p-*h₃elh₁- (helh-).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂epo, *h₂p-*h₃elh₁-
Gloss
helh-
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fallata Finnish
- *(s)pōl- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epo, *h₂p-*h₃elh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pōl- Proto-Indo-European
- *fallaną Proto-Germanic
- *fallijaną Proto-Germanic
- befalla Swedish
- fallskärm Swedish
- fallskärmshoppare Swedish
- fallskärmsjägare Swedish
- förfalla Swedish
- skärm Swedish
- feallan Old English
- falla Old Norse
- falla Icelandic
- fallan Old High German
- falla Faroese
- *fall gmw-pro
- *fallan gmw-pro
- fallan Old Dutch
- fallan Old Saxon
- falla Old Swedish
- fååll Westrobothnian
- falla Old Frisian
- fallæ Old Danish