English
forsling
Forsling comes from Old Dutch *farslindan ‘to devour’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fraslindaną‘to devour’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fraslindan‘to gobble up, devour’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*farslindan‘to devour’reconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500verslinden
- Englishearliest quotation 1924forsling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fraslindaną‘to devour’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fraslindan‘to gobble up, devour’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*farslindan‘to devour’reconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500verslinden
- Englishearliest quotation 1924forsling
Earliest quotation: 1924, William John Thoms, Henry Morley: “He hath waited by night and day in such…”
Formed from for
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before’
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Proto-Germanic *furi
Proto-West Germanic *furi
Old English for ‘for’
Middle English for
English for
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną
Today it means
verb To swallow down; gobble up.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną / forsling