Where does “Behandlungsfehler” come from?

Behandlungsfehler (German) comes from German Behandlung, from German behandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.

Behandlungsfehler (German): malpractice

Definitions

  1. malpractice

Ancestry of “Behandlungsfehler”, step by step

Behandlungsfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Behandlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehandlungtreatment
2Germanbehandelnto treat; to cover
3Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
4EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
5Middle Englishhandel
6Old Englishhandlea handle
7Old Englishhandlianto handle
8Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
9Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
10Proto-Germanichanduzhand

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-Germanic handuz
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