Where does “Anfälligkeit” come from?
Anfälligkeit (German) comes from German anfällig, from German Anfall, from German anfallen, from German fallen, from Middle High German vallen, from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic fallan, from Proto-Germanic fallaną — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Anfälligkeit (German): susceptibility, vulnerability, predisposition;...
Definitions
- susceptibility, vulnerability, predisposition;...
Ancestry of “Anfälligkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | anfällig | susceptible, prone, vulnerable; fragile, delicate |
| 2 | German | Anfall | swift attack; fit; seizure; attack; yield;... |
| 3 | German | anfallen | to accrue, to obtain; to attack |
| 4 | German | fallen | to fall; to drop; to die; to fall in battle; to... |
| 5 | Middle High German | vallen | to fall |
| 6 | Old High German | fallan | to fall |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fallan | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 10 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |