Where does “sjuskefejl” come from?
sjuskefejl (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.
sjuskefejl (Danish): a careless mistake / sloppy mistake
Definitions
- a careless mistake / sloppy mistake
Ancestry of “sjuskefejl”, step by step
sjuskefejl 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 sjuske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sjuske | a sloppy woman or girl |