Where does “verdauen” come from?

verdauen (German) comes from German tauen, from Middle High German touwen, from Old High German touwōn, from Old High German tou, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

verdauen (German): to digest; to get over

Definitions

  1. to digest; to get over

Ancestry of “verdauen”, step by step

verdauen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tauen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantauento thaw; to melt; to dew; there to appear
2Middle High Germantouwento dew; to thaw; to dew
3Old High Germantouwōn—
4Old High Germantoudew
5Proto-Germanic*dawwaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Middle High German verdöuwen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanverdöuwen—
2Old High Germanfirdewen—

Words derived from “verdauen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz →Every word from Old High German tou →
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