Where does “Turnbeutelvergesser” come from?
Turnbeutelvergesser (German) comes from German vergessen, from English forget, from Middle English forgeten, from Old English forġietan, from Proto-West Germanic fragetan, from Proto-West Germanic fra-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
Turnbeutelvergesser (German): a schoolchild who pretends to have forgotten their sports bag in order to avoid participating in physical education
Definitions
- a schoolchild who pretends to have forgotten their sports bag in order to avoid participating in physical education
Ancestry of “Turnbeutelvergesser”, step by step
Turnbeutelvergesser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German vergessen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vergessen | to forget; to leave; to overlook, to miss |
| 2 | English | forget | To lose remembrance of; To unintentionally not... |
| 3 | Middle English | forgeten | — |
| 4 | Old English | forġietan | to forget |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fragetan | to lose hold of; to forget |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fra- | forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Turnbeutel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Turnbeutel | sports bag |
| 2 | German | Beutel | a small to medium-sized bag, usually of fabric;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | biūtel | pouch, bag |
| 4 | Old High German | būtil | purse |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *būdil | pouch; bag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būdilaz | pouch; bag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | beudaną | to offer, to bid |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |