Where does “dummefejl” come from?
dummefejl (Danish) comes from Danish fejl, from Middle Low German feil, from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.
dummefejl (Danish): a mistake due to e.g. absentmindedness, tiredness or sloppiness rather than underlying weakness or ignorance
Definitions
- a mistake due to e.g. absentmindedness, tiredness or sloppiness rather than underlying weakness or ignorance
Ancestry of “dummefejl”, step by step
dummefejl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish fejl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fejl | wrong; wrongly, erroneously, mis-; mistake, error |
| 2 | Middle Low German | feil | — |
| 3 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 5 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 6 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 8 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Danish dum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | dum | stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim; foolish, silly,... |
| 2 | German | dumm | dumb, stupid |
| 3 | Middle High German | tump | — |
| 4 | Old High German | tumb | dumb; stupid |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dumb | dumb, mute |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dumbaz | dumb, mute, unable to speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |