Etymograph

English

forthsend

Forthsend comes from Middle English *forthsenden ‘to send forth’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sinþaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþanąreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijaną‘to send’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijan‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendan‘to send’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150forþsendan‘to send forth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*forthsenden‘to send forth’reconstructed
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1885forthsend

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþanąreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijaną‘to send’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijan‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendan‘to send’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150forþsendan‘to send forth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*forthsenden‘to send forth’reconstructed
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1885forthsend

Earliest quotation: 1885, Robert Burleigh Campbell, Palm leaves from Ceylon: “Forthsend my thoughts, to Venice on the sea; And…”

Formed from forth- + send

Proto-Indo-European *prto-

Proto-Germanic *furþą ‘forth, forward’

Proto-West Germanic *forþ ‘forward’

English forth-

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to walk’

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Proto-Germanic *sandijaną ‘to send’

Proto-West Germanic *sandijan ‘to send’

Old English sendan ‘to send’

Middle English senden ‘to send’

English send

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *sinþaną

Today it means

verb To send forth; dispatch; send off.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sinþaną / forthsend

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