feil
German (Berlin)
[faɪ̯l]
adj
Definitions
- vendible, for sale (often used in constructions such as feil halten, feil stehen)
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German veil derived from Old High German feili derived from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (good, familiar, true, friendly), *faliz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*faliz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -poly English
- feal English
- feely English
- Feilbietung German
- bieten German
- feilbieten German
- feilhaben German
- feilhalten German
- haben German
- halten German
- wohl German
- wohlfeil German
- -polio Italian
- aardveil Dutch, Flemish
- onveilig Dutch, Flemish
- veil Dutch, Flemish
- veilig Dutch, Flemish
- veiligheid Dutch, Flemish
- -polio Spanish, Castilian
- μονοπωλία Ancient Greek
- μονοπώλιον Ancient Greek
- πωλέω Ancient Greek
- πώλης Ancient Greek
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pey- Proto-Indo-European
- -pólio Portuguese
- *failijaz Proto-Germanic
- *falhuz Proto-Germanic
- *faliz Proto-Germanic
- *felaną Proto-Germanic
- fal Swedish
- fal Norwegian Nynorsk
- fæle Old English
- fǣle Old English
- fele Middle English
- falr Old Norse
- -poli Catalan, Valencian
- Falur Icelandic
- falur Icelandic
- -polio Galician
- πουλώ Greek (modern)
- veilich Middle Dutch
- feili Old High German
- veil Middle High German
- paljas Estonian