English

forbleed

Forbleed comes from Middle English forbleden.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + bleed

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Proto-Germanic *blōþą ‘blood’

Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną ‘to bleed’

Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan ‘to bleed’

Old English blēdan ‘to bleed’

Middle English bleden ‘to cause to bleed’

English bleed

Every English word from Middle English forbleden

verb To exhaust with bleeding.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.