Where does “feler” come from?

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

feler (Serbo-Croatian): error, mistake

Definitions

  1. error, mistake

Ancestry of “feler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen—
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre—
Every word from Latin fallēre →Every word from Old French faillir →Every word from Middle High German vælen →