Where does “Fehlfarbe” come from?

Fehlfarbe (German) comes from German farbe, from Middle High German varwe, from Old High German farawa, from Proto-West Germanic faru, from Proto-Germanic farwō, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Fehlfarbe (German): nontrump

Definitions

  1. nontrump

Ancestry of “Fehlfarbe”, step by step

Fehlfarbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German farbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfarbecolour
2Middle High Germanvarwecolor, hue
3Old High Germanfarawacolour, blee; color
4Proto-West Germanicfarucolor; appearance; journey
5Proto-Germanicfarwōcolour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German fehlen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
2Middle High Germanvælen—
3Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
4Latinfallēre—
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