Where does “fejltolke” come from?
fejltolke (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.
fejltolke (Danish): to misinterpret
Definitions
- to misinterpret
Ancestry of “fejltolke”, step by step
fejltolke 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 tolke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tolke | indefinite plural of tolk; interpret |
| 2 | Danish | tolk | interpreter; imperative of tolke |
| 3 | Old Norse | tulkr | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | tolk | interpreter |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | тълкъ | interpreter; interpretation, explanation |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | tъlkъ | interpretation; interpreter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |