Where does “Fehlermeldung” come from?

Fehlermeldung (German) comes from German Meldung, from German melden, from Middle High German melden, from Old Dutch meldon, from Proto-West Germanic melþōn, from Proto-Germanic *melþōną.

Fehlermeldung (German): error message

Definitions

  1. error message

Ancestry of “Fehlermeldung”, step by step

Fehlermeldung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Meldung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeldungreport; notification; message
2Germanmeldento report; to tell on; to put one's hand up
3Middle High Germanmelden—
4Old Dutchmeldon—
5Proto-West Germanicmelþōnto specify; point out; show; to inform; divulge;...
6Proto-Germanic*melþōną—

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 *melþōną →
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