Where does “feilmelding” come from?
feilmelding (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.
feilmelding (Norwegian Nynorsk): an error message
Definitions
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Ancestry of “feilmelding”, step by step
feilmelding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk feil
| 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 |
via Norwegian Nynorsk melding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | melding | the act of reporting; message, report; review,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | melde | to report, notify about, file a complaint about;... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | melden | to betray |
| 4 | Old Saxon | meldōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | melþōn | to specify; point out; show; to inform; divulge;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *melþōną | — |