Where does “Fehl” come from?

Fehl (German) comes from Middle High German væle, from Old French faille, from Vulgar Latin fallita, from Latin falsus, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

Fehl (German): fault; flaw; failure

Definitions

  1. fault; flaw; failure

Ancestry of “Fehl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvæle—
2Old Frenchfaillefailure
3Vulgar Latinfallitashortcoming
4Latinfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having...
5Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

Words derived from “Fehl”

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