Where does “verwringen” come from?
verwringen (Dutch) comes from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos — on, onto.
verwringen (Dutch): to wry, contort (especially one's face)
Definitions
- to wry, contort (especially one's face)
Ancestry of “verwringen”, step by step
verwringen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 2 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 3 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 5 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch wringen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wringen | to wring; to twist; to wrest |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wringen | to wring; to wrest; to twist |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wringan | to wring |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wringaną | to squeeze, twist, wring |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wrenǵʰ- | to twist, wry, constrict, choke, thring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵʰ- | bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |