Where does “forviŝi” come from?

forviŝi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto viŝi, from German wischen, from Middle High German wischen, from Old High German wisken, from Proto-Germanic wiskijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

forviŝi (Esperanto): to wipe away

Definitions

  1. to wipe away

Ancestry of “forviŝi”, step by step

forviŝi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto viŝi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoviŝito wipe
2Germanwischento wipe; to sweep
3Middle High Germanwischen
4Old High Germanwisken
5Proto-Germanicwiskijanąto sweep; to sweep away, to clean; to erase
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via Esperanto for

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoforaway, far, gone
2EnglishForththat flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea
3EnglishFourthThe Fourth of July
4Middle EnglishfourtheAlternative form of ferthe
5Middle Englishferthefourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a...
6Old Englishfēorþafourth
7Proto-West Germanicfeurþōfourth
8Proto-Germanicfedurþôfourth
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