Where does “tilfældighedsfund” come from?
tilfældighedsfund (Danish) comes from Danish tilfældighed, from Danish tilfældig, from Danish tilfælde, from Old Norse tilfelli, from Middle Low German tōval, from Latin accidēns, from Latin accidō, from Latin ad- — in.
tilfældighedsfund (Danish): something that is found by accident
Definitions
- something that is found by accident
Ancestry of “tilfældighedsfund”, step by step
tilfældighedsfund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish tilfældighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tilfældighed | randomness, chance |
| 2 | Danish | tilfældig | random |
| 3 | Danish | tilfælde | case, occurrence; accident, coincidence |
| 4 | Old Norse | tilfelli | case, occurrence, circumstance |
| 5 | Middle Low German | tōval | occasion, instance |
| 6 | Latin | accidēns | falling down, upon, at or near, descending |
| 7 | Latin | accidō | to fall down, upon, at or near; descend |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |