Where does “forloren” come from?

forloren (Danish) comes from Middle Low German vorlōren, from Middle Low German vorlēsen, from Old Saxon farliosan, from Proto-West Germanic fraleusan, from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

forloren (Danish): false; bogus, phony, sham

Definitions

  1. false; bogus, phony, sham

Ancestry of “forloren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvorlōren—
2Middle Low Germanvorlēsen—
3Old Saxonfarliosanto lose
4Proto-West Germanicfraleusanto lose, to cease to have
5Proto-Germanicfraleusanąto lose, to cease to have
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fraleusan →