Where does “fallieren” come from?

fallieren (German) comes from Italian fallire, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.

fallieren (German): to go bankrupt

Definitions

  1. to go bankrupt

Ancestry of “fallieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfallireto miss; to fail; to go bankrupt
2Vulgar Latinfallire—
3Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- →Every word from Latin fallō →Every word from Vulgar Latin fallire →