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

Definitions

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	to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
6	Proto-Indo-European	ǵʰwel-	to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “feil”

feilloos
feilen
zetfeil
feilbaar
onfeilbaar
feilbaarheid
onfeilbaarheid

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Latin falsus →