Where does “slagtilfælde” come from?
slagtilfælde (Danish) comes from Danish slag, from German Schlag, from Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
slagtilfælde (Danish): stroke
Definitions
- stroke
Ancestry of “slagtilfælde”, step by step
slagtilfælde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish slag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | slag | A hit, punch; A beat; A battle |
| 2 | German | Schlag | blow, hit; beat |
| 3 | Middle High German | slac | — |
| 4 | Old High German | slag | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 6 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 7 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 8 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 9 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 10 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Danish tilfælde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tilfælde | case, occurrence; accident, coincidence |
| 2 | Old Norse | tilfelli | case, occurrence, circumstance |
| 3 | Middle Low German | tōval | occasion, instance |
| 4 | Latin | accidēns | falling down, upon, at or near, descending |
| 5 | Latin | accidō | to fall down, upon, at or near; descend |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |