Where does “Perversling” come from?

Perversling (German) comes from German pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum, from Latin pervertere, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Perversling (German): perv, pervert

Definitions

  1. perv, pervert

Ancestry of “Perversling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanperversperverse
2Old Frenchpervers
3Latinperversumnominative neuter singular of perversus;...
4Latinperverterethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
6LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
7Proto-Italicwertōto turn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-
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