forsling

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sel-“to sneak, creep”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fraslindaną“to devour”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*fraslindan
4. Old Dutch · derived from*farslindan“to devour”
5. Middle Dutch · derived fromverslinden
6. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
7. English todayforsling

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle Dutch verslinden, from Old Dutch *farslindan (“to devour”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan, from Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną (“to devour”), equivalent to for- + Proto-Germanic *slindaną (“to devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, creep”). Cognate with Dutch verslinden (“to devour”), Middle Low German vorslinden (“to devour, eat up”), German verschlinden, verschlingen (“to devour, swallow up”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fraslindan, “to gobble, swallow, devour”).

Words from the same roots