Where does “фалити” come from?

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

фалити (Serbo-Croatian): to lack, to miss, to be short of (be without something necessary for another action)

Definitions

  1. to lack, to miss, to be short of (be without something necessary for another action)

Ancestry of “фалити”, step by step

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

Words derived from “фалити”

Every word from Latin fallēre →Every word from Old French faillir →Every word from Middle High German vælen →