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Where does “suchten” come from?

suchten (German) comes from German Sücht, from Middle High German suht, from Old High German suht, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

suchten (German): to do something extensively, often in a single...

Definitions

  1. to do something extensively, often in a single...

Ancestry of “suchten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSücht—
2Middle High Germansuht—
3Old High Germansuht—
4Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
5Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →