diff --git a/app/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper.rb b/app/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper.rb
index ebe1d023d6..29f81790f7 100644
--- a/app/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper.rb
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ def public_i18n_translations(entry)
         value.presence || fallback
       end
 
-      {
-        pageflow: {
-          public: I18n.t('pageflow.public', locale: I18n.default_locale)
-                  .dup
-                      .deep_merge(I18n.t('pageflow.public', locale: entry.locale),
-                                  &merge_ignoring_nil)
-        }
-      }
+      locales = [I18n.default_locale, *I18n.fallbacks[entry.locale].reverse].uniq
+
+      translations = locales.reduce({}) do |result, locale|
+        result.deep_merge(I18n.t('pageflow.public', locale:, default: {}),
+                          &merge_ignoring_nil)
+      end
+
+      {pageflow: {public: translations}}
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/entry_types/scrolled/app/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper.rb b/entry_types/scrolled/app/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper.rb
index cee9e91965..6b4369702f 100644
--- a/entry_types/scrolled/app/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper.rb
+++ b/entry_types/scrolled/app/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper.rb
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ def scrolled_i18n_translations(entry,
     end
 
     def scrolled_i18n_public_translations(entry)
-      translations =
-        I18n.t('pageflow_scrolled.public', locale: I18n.default_locale, default: {})
-            .deep_merge(I18n.t('pageflow_scrolled.public', locale: entry.locale, default: {}),
-                        &MERGE_IGNORING_NIL)
+      locales = [I18n.default_locale, *I18n.fallbacks[entry.locale].reverse].uniq
+
+      translations = locales.reduce({}) do |result, locale|
+        result.deep_merge(
+          I18n.t('pageflow_scrolled.public', locale:, default: {}),
+          &MERGE_IGNORING_NIL
+        )
+      end
 
       {
         entry.locale => {
diff --git a/entry_types/scrolled/spec/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper_spec.rb b/entry_types/scrolled/spec/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper_spec.rb
index 09eb13e77e..60ddba556e 100644
--- a/entry_types/scrolled/spec/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/entry_types/scrolled/spec/helpers/pageflow_scrolled/i18n_helper_spec.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@ module PageflowScrolled
                                        })
       end
 
+      it 'merges parent locale translations for regional entry locales' do
+        translation(I18n.default_locale, 'pageflow_scrolled.public.from_default', 'default_text')
+        translation(:nl, 'pageflow_scrolled.public.from_parent', 'nl_text')
+        translation(:'nl-BE', 'pageflow_scrolled.public.from_regional', 'be_text')
+        entry = create(:published_entry, revision_attributes: {locale: 'nl-BE'})
+
+        result = helper.scrolled_i18n_translations(entry)
+
+        expect(result).to include_json('nl-BE': {
+                                         pageflow_scrolled: {
+                                           public: {
+                                             from_default: 'default_text',
+                                             from_parent: 'nl_text',
+                                             from_regional: 'be_text'
+                                           }
+                                         }
+                                       })
+      end
+
       it 'supports including inline_editing translations in current locale' do
         translation(I18n.locale, 'pageflow_scrolled.inline_editing.some', 'text')
         entry = create(:published_entry, revision_attributes: {locale: 'fr'})
diff --git a/package/src/editor/base.js b/package/src/editor/base.js
index 563193a5ae..a3d4c5284b 100644
--- a/package/src/editor/base.js
+++ b/package/src/editor/base.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {browser} from 'pageflow/frontend';
 import {EditorApi} from './api';
 import {app} from './app';
 import I18n from 'i18n-js';
+import {patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback}
+  from './utils/patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback';
 
 export const editor = new EditorApi();
 
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ export const startEditor = function(options) {
   I18n.defaultLocale = window.I18n.defaultLocale;
   I18n.locale = window.I18n.locale;
   I18n.translations = window.I18n.translations;
+  I18n.fallbacks = window.I18n.fallbacks;
+
+  patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback(window.I18n);
 
   $(function() {
     editor.ensureBrowserSupport(() => {
diff --git a/package/src/editor/utils/patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback.js b/package/src/editor/utils/patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc323626f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/editor/utils/patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// The i18n-js JS lib shipped by the i18n-js Ruby gem (Sprockets) is an
+// old version whose fallback only tries defaultLocale; it never walks
+// parent locales. Patch lookup so e.g. `de-CH` falls back via `de` to
+// defaultLocale. The Webpack-bundled I18n (npm i18n-js) does this
+// natively when I18n.fallbacks is true.
+export function patchSprocketsI18nForParentLocaleFallback(I18n) {
+  const originalLookup = I18n.lookup;
+
+  I18n.lookup = function(scope, options) {
+    options = options || {};
+
+    if (!I18n.fallbacks || options.fallback) {
+      return originalLookup.call(I18n, scope, options);
+    }
+
+    const candidates = parentLocaleChain(
+      options.locale || I18n.currentLocale(), I18n.defaultLocale
+    );
+
+    for (const candidate of candidates) {
+      const result = originalLookup.call(I18n, scope, I18n.prepareOptions(
+        {locale: candidate, fallback: true}, options
+      ));
+      if (result !== undefined) return result;
+    }
+
+    return I18n.isValidNode(options, 'defaultValue') ? options.defaultValue : undefined;
+  };
+}
+
+function parentLocaleChain(locale, defaultLocale) {
+  const chain = [];
+  const parts = String(locale).split('-');
+  while (parts.length > 0) {
+    chain.push(parts.join('-'));
+    parts.pop();
+  }
+  if (!chain.includes(defaultLocale)) chain.push(defaultLocale);
+  return chain;
+}
diff --git a/spec/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper_spec.rb
index 018dd8427d..8200139003 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/pageflow/public_i18n_helper_spec.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ module Pageflow
 
         expect(result[:pageflow][:public][:some][:key]).to eq('default_text')
       end
+
+      it 'merges parent locale translations for regional entry locales' do
+        translation(I18n.default_locale, 'pageflow.public.from_default', 'default_text')
+        translation(:nl, 'pageflow.public.from_parent', 'nl_text')
+        translation(:'nl-BE', 'pageflow.public.from_regional', 'be_text')
+
+        entry = PublishedEntry.new(create(:entry,
+                                          :published,
+                                          published_revision_attributes: {locale: 'nl-BE'}))
+
+        result = helper.public_i18n_translations(entry)
+
+        expect(result[:pageflow][:public][:from_default]).to eq('default_text')
+        expect(result[:pageflow][:public][:from_parent]).to eq('nl_text')
+        expect(result[:pageflow][:public][:from_regional]).to eq('be_text')
+      end
     end
   end
 end