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.
Verb
veln
- (Luserna) to be absent, missing
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