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