Where does “feilvare” come from?
feilvare (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.
feilvare (Norwegian Bokmål): second (usually seconds), defective goods / merchandise manufactured item that fails to meet quality control standards
Definitions
- second (usually seconds), defective goods / merchandise manufactured item that fails to meet quality control standards
Ancestry of “feilvare”, step by step
feilvare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål feil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |
via Norwegian Bokmål vare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vare | an article or item; a commodity; goods,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 3 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |