falcō1
Meaning
- falcon
- pigeon-toed person, person whose toes point in
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | falcō | falcōnēs |
| genitive | falcōnis | falcōnum |
| dative | falcōnī | falcōnibus |
| accusative | falcōnem | falcōnēs |
| ablative | falcōne | falcōnibus |
| vocative | falcō | falcōnēs |
Origins
Uncertain and disputed origin, but probably from Germanic given the early attestation and widespread use of the word in Germanic. Perhaps from Old High German falco, falcho, falucho (“falcon”), from Proto-West Germanic *falkō, from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon", literally, "grey bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *polH-, *pelH- (“grey, bluish”) + *-(u)k-, a suffix found in the names of several types of birds (e.g. *alkǭ, *habukaz, Proto-West Germanic *kranuk, etc.). Cognate with Old Saxon falko (“falcon”), Old English *fealca, fealcen (“falcon”), Old Norse fálki (“falcon”), Old High German falo (“pale”), Latin pullus (“dusky coloured, blackish”). More at fallow. Alternate etymology connects falcō to Latin falx (“sickle, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”) due to the bird's curved beak and talons, but this derivation is usually regarded as folk-etymology.
- Italianfalco
- Italianfalcone
- Maltesefalkunfrom Sicilian farcu
- Catalanfalcó
- Occitanfalconfrom Old Occitan falcon
- Portuguesefalcãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese falcon
- Spanishhalcónfrom Old Spanish falcon
- Asturianfalcón
- Galicianfalcónfrom Old Galician-Portuguese falcon
- Ligurianfàrco
- Piedmontesefalcon
- Piedmontesefarcon
- Friulianfalcuç
- Romanshfalcun
- Old Frenchfaucon
- Kabyleafalku
- Medieval Tashelhitاڢلكون
- Tashelhitafalku
- Tashelhitafrkun
- Tashelhitafalkay
- Tarifitfařcu
- Tarifitfarcu
- Tarifitfařku
- Tachawitfalku