veln
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- béelan (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German vēlen, vælen, from Old French falir, faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin falere (“to deceive; to mistake; to be unseen”). Cognate with German fehlen.
References
- “veln” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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