FromMiddle High Germanfelse,fels, fromOld High Germanfels m (8. c),felis m (8. c),feliso m (8. c),felisa f (9. c), possibly fromProto-West Germanic*falis(“rock, cliff”), whenceOld Saxonfelis,Middle Dutchvels.
Pfeifer is uncertain about the further origin. In one theory, he mentions the comparison toOld Norsefjall,Swedishfjäll,Sanskritपाषाण(pāṣāṇá),Ancient Greekπέλλα(pélla),Old Irishall (fromProto-Celtic*ɸallom) and thus reconstructsProto-Indo-European*pels-,*pelis-. In another theory he mentions, the Old High German, Old Saxon and Middle Dutch terms are taken as a continuation of Pre-Indo-European*palá-(“mountain”) whence alsofalaise(“cliff”).[1]
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Felsen m (strong,genitiveFelsens,pluralFelsen)
Felsen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade