Where does “Rechenfehler” come from?

Rechenfehler (German) comes from German Fehler, from German fehlen, from Middle High German vælen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.

Rechenfehler (German): calculation error, miscalculation

Definitions

  1. calculation error, miscalculation

Ancestry of “Rechenfehler”, step by step

Rechenfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via German rechnen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrechnento count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect
2Middle High Germanrechenen—
3Old High Germanrehhanōn—
4Proto-Germanicrekanōnąto count; to explain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Latin fallēre →Every word from Old French faillir →Every word from Middle High German vælen →