Where does “tilfelli” come from?
tilfelli (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse tilfelli, from Middle Low German tōval, from Latin accidēns, from Latin accidō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
tilfelli (Icelandic): case, instance, circumstance
Definitions
- case, instance, circumstance
Ancestry of “tilfelli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tilfelli | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | tōval | occasion, instance |
| 3 | Latin | accidēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | accidō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |