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.

feilmelding (Norwegian Bokmål): an error message

Definitions

  1. an error message

Ancestry of “feilmelding”, step by step

feilmelding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål feil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfeilwrong; error, mistake
2Middle Low Germanfeil
3Frenchfaillefault; flaw; third-person singular present...
4Frenchfaillirto almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt
5Middle Frenchfaillirto fail
6Old Frenchfalirto fail; to err; to make a mistake
7Vulgar Latinfallire
8Latinfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwel-to bend; to lie, deceive

via Norwegian Bokmål melding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmeldingthe act of reporting; message, report; review,...
2Norwegian Bokmålmeldeto announce, report, notify
3Middle Low Germanmeldento betray
4Old Saxonmeldōn
5Proto-West Germanicmelþōnto specify; point out; show; to inform; divulge;...
6Proto-Germanic*melþōną
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-Every word from Latin fallōEvery word from Vulgar Latin fallire