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Where does “Verdrehung” come from?

Verdrehung (German) comes from German verdrehen, from German Ver-, from Middle High German ver-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Verdrehung (German): twist, torsion, contortion, bending

Definitions

  1. twist, torsion, contortion, bending

Ancestry of “Verdrehung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverdrehento twist, to turn, to wrest, to distort, to...
2GermanVer-—
3Middle High Germanver-—
4Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “Verdrehung”

  • Tatsachenverdrehung
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