köken: Uncertain. The word does not occur in Middle Persian writings, except possibly in the Dēnkard, a 10th-century compendium, where it can be interpreted as "nihility"; whence it would be inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwc /pūč/). The word became widespread in Iranian varieties first in the fifteenth century onward, but existed before it. Possibly from the onomatopoetic…
vain, overly proud (of one's appearance, status etc.) · idle, in vain, unfounded · petty, mere, insignificant, worthless
çekim: karşılaştırma ijdeler · üstünlük ijdelst
köken: From Middle Dutch idel, from Old Dutch īdil, from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with German eitel, English idle. The common Dutch loss of medial -d- led to the by-forms ijl and iel, which eventually acquired different meanings.
çekim: karşılaştırma márnejší · üstünlük najmárnejší
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *marьnъ Slovak márny Inherited from Proto-Slavic *marьnъ.
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Etimoloji
From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile". Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fåfengd.