Where does “stavefeil” come from?

stavefeil (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.

stavefeil (Norwegian Nynorsk): a misspelling, spelling error or spelling mistake

Definitions

  1. a misspelling, spelling error or spelling mistake

Ancestry of “stavefeil”, step by step

stavefeil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk feil

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

via Norwegian Nynorsk stave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskstave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwel-Every word from Latin fallōEvery word from Vulgar Latin fallire