Where does “fehlen” come from?

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

fehlen (German): to lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...

Definitions

  1. to lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...

Ancestry of “fehlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvælen—
2Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
3Latinfallēre—

Words derived from “fehlen”

Every word from Latin fallēre →