Where does “fălie” come from?
fălie (Romanian) comes from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
fălie (Romanian): kinship
Definitions
- kinship
Ancestry of “fălie”, step by step
fălie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French faille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 3 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 4 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 6 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Hungarian felé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | felé | to, towards, in the direction of; nearby, around;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 4 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |