Etymology Explorer › GermanWhere does “Fehlstellung” come from? Fehlstellung (German) comes from German Stellung, from German Stellen, from Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
Fehlstellung (German): misalignment, malposition, malalignment
Definitions misalignment, malposition, malalignment Ancestry of “Fehlstellung”, step by step Fehlstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Stellung Step Language Word Meaning 1 German Stellung position 2 German Stellen gerund of stellen; plural of Stelle 3 Middle High German stellen to put, to place 4 Old High German stellen — 5 Proto-West Germanic stalljan to put, to place 6 Proto-Indo-European stel- to put, to place; to locate
via German fehlen Step Language Word Meaning 1 German fehlen to lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,... 2 Middle High German vælen — 3 Old French faillir alternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err 4 Latin fallēre —