Where does “Bedienfehler” come from?

Bedienfehler (German) comes from German bedienen, from German dienen, from Middle High German dienen, from Old High German dionōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Bedienfehler (German): operating error

Definitions

  1. operating error

Ancestry of “Bedienfehler”, step by step

Bedienfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bedienen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbedienento serve; to operate; to play a card according to...
2Germandienento serve
3Middle High Germandienen—
4Old High Germandionōnto serve
5Proto-West Germanic*þewanōnto serve
6Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
7Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

via German Fehler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen—
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →
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