Where does “forlise” come from?

forlise (Danish) comes from Middle Low German vorliesen, from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

forlise (Danish): to be shipwrecked of a person at sea

Definitions

  1. to be shipwrecked of a person at sea

Ancestry of “forlise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvorliesen—
2Proto-Germanicfraleusanąto lose, to cease to have
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “forlise”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną →Every word from Middle Low German vorliesen →
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