Where does “feilmelding” come from?
feilmelding (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål feil, from Middle Low German feil, from French faille, from French faillir, from Middle French faillir, from Old French falir, from Vulgar Latin fallire, from Latin fallō — to bend; to lie, deceive.
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Ancestry of “feilmelding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | feil | wrong; error, mistake |
| 2 | Middle Low German | feil | — |
| 3 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 5 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 6 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 8 | Latin | fallō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |