Where does “vēlen” come from?

vēlen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

vēlen (Middle Dutch): to endure, to bear, to tolerate

Definitions

to endure, to bear, to tolerate

Ancestry of “vēlen”, step by step

vēlen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French falir

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	falir	to fail; to err; to make a mistake
2	Vulgar Latin	fallire	—
3	Latin	fallō	to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4	Proto-Indo-European	ǵʰwel-	to bend; to lie, deceive

via Old Dutch felan

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Dutch	felan	—
2	Proto-Germanic	felhaną	to enter, to go inside; to put inside, to...
3	Proto-Indo-European	pele(w)-	—

Words derived from “vēlen”

velen

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