Where does “feilaktig” come from?
feilaktig (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk feil, 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.
feilaktig (Norwegian Nynorsk): erroneous; erroneously, incorrectly, wrongly
Definitions
- erroneous; erroneously, incorrectly, wrongly
Ancestry of “feilaktig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | feil | error, mistake; wrong |
| 2 | French | faille | fault; flaw; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | faillir | to almost do something; to fail; to go bankrupt |
| 4 | Middle French | faillir | to fail |
| 5 | Old French | falir | to fail; to err; to make a mistake |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fallire | — |
| 7 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |