Where does “ver-” come from?

ver- (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ver- (Dutch): to do or to become what the stem refers to; used...

Definitions

  1. to do or to become what the stem refers to; used...

Ancestry of “ver-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutcher-
2Old Dutchur-
3Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
4Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “ver-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd