köken: Inherited from Old French faleise, faloise, from Frankish *falisa, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz (“rock, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelis-, *pels- (“rock, cliff”). More at fell.
köken: In its modern form, first attested in the Dictionnaire coréen-français (韓佛字典 / 한불자전), 1880, as Early Modern Korean 벼랑. Ancestral Middle Korean form *벼ᄅᆞ〮 (*pyèló) is first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 쇠〮ᄫᅧᄅᆞ〮 (Yale: SwóyWyèló), a toponym. Alternatively, also attested in the Akhak gwebeom (樂學軌範 / 악학궤범), 1493, as Middle Korean 볋 (Yale: pyelh). These two…
köken: From Old Norse brantr, (West Norse brattr), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).
köken: From Middle Low German klint, from Old Saxon *klint, from Proto-West Germanic *klint. Doublet of klit.
Etimoloji
Inherited from Byzantine Greek γκρεμνός (gremnós) with [mn] > [m] -also as the in medieval form ἐγκρεμός (engremós)-, from Ancient Greek κρημνός (krēmnós) with pronunciation of accusative with liaison: τὸν (tòn) κρημνόν (krēmnón) (/ton kriˈmnon/ > /toŋɡriˈmnon/). Compare to γκρεμνός and κρημνός (krimnós).