veln

Cimbrian

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”). Doublet of Sette Comuni dialect véelan (“to fail; to err”). Cognate with German fehlen.

Verb

veln (auxiliary håm)

1. (Luserna) to be absent, missing

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien