English

forsench

Forsench comes from Old English forsenċan ‘to reject’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Equivalent to for- ‘up, fully, completely’ + sench ‘to cause to sink’

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 *sankwijaną ‘to cause to sink’

Proto-West Germanic *sankwijan ‘to cause to sink’

Old English senċan ‘[with accusative] to sink, to make sink, to…’

English sench

Every English word from Old English forsenċan

verb To submerge; cause to sink; drown.

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