English

forsing

Forsing comes from Middle English forsingen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + sing

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-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- ‘to recite’

Proto-Germanic *singwaną ‘to sing’

Proto-West Germanic *singwan ‘to sing’

Old English singan ‘to sing’

Middle English singen ‘to produce chants or other sung verse’

English sing

Every English word from Middle English forsingen

verb To exhaust (oneself) with singing.

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