Where does “véelan” come from?

véelan (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German vælen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.

véelan (Cimbrian): to fail

Definitions

  1. to fail

Ancestry of “véelan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvælen—
2Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
3Latinfallēre—
Every word from Latin fallēre →
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