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Where does “šprahfeler” come from?

šprahfeler (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Sprachfehler, from German Fehler, from German fehlen, from Middle High German vælen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallēre.

šprahfeler (Serbo-Croatian): speech impediment

Definitions

  1. speech impediment

Ancestry of “šprahfeler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSprachfehler—
2GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
3Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
4Middle High Germanvælen—
5Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
6Latinfallēre—
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