Where does “feil” come from?
feil (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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.
feil (Norwegian Nynorsk): error, mistake; wrong
Definitions
- error, mistake; wrong
Ancestry of “feil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |