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Where does “Verfolgung” come from?

Verfolgung (German) comes from German verfolgen, from German folgēn, from Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

Verfolgung (German): persecution; pursuit, pursuance; tracking,...

Definitions

  1. persecution; pursuit, pursuance; tracking,...

Ancestry of “Verfolgung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverfolgento pursue; to persecute; to trace
2Germanfolgēn—
3Middle High Germanvolgen—
4Old High Germanfolgēnto follow
5Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
6Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
7Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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