Where does “Schrittfehler” come from?
Schrittfehler (German) comes from German Fehler, from German fehlen, from Middle High German vælen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.
Schrittfehler (German): travelling, traveling
Ancestry of “Schrittfehler”, step by step
Schrittfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fehler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Fehler | fault, error, mistake |
| 2 | German | fehlen | to lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | vælen | — |
| 4 | Old French | faillir | alternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err |
| 5 | Latin | fallēre | — |
via German Schritt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Schritt | step, footstep, a single instance of walking; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skridiz | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skrīþaną | to walk, glide, crawl |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreyt- | to wind; twist; bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |