Where does “feilur” come from?
feilur (Faroese) 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.
feilur (Faroese): mistake
Definitions
- mistake
Ancestry of “feilur”, step by step
| 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 |