Where does “feil” come from?
feil (Dutch) comes from Middle French faille, from Old French faille, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
feil (Dutch): error; shortage, lack
Ancestry of “feil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | faille | — |
| 2 | Old French | faille | failure |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 4 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “feil”