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Where does “geval” come from?

geval (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch geval, from Middle Dutch gevallen, from Old Dutch gifallan.

geval (Dutch): case, situation, instance; thing

Definitions

  1. case, situation, instance; thing

Ancestry of “geval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgevalfate; fortune, luck; event, occurrence
2Middle Dutchgevallento fall; to decay, to collapse; to end, to expire
3Old Dutchgifallan—

Words derived from “geval”

  • noodgeval
  • spoedgeval
  • randgeval
Every word from Old Dutch gifallan →