Where does “feil” come from?
feil (Middle Low German) comes from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel- — to bend; to lie, deceive.
Ancestry of “feil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 3 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 4 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 6 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
Words derived from “feil”