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Where does “verlorengegangen” come from?

verlorengegangen (German) comes from German verlorengehen, from German verloren, from Middle High German verlorn, from Old High German firloran, from Proto-West Germanic *fraloʀan, from Proto-Germanic fraluzanaz, from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

verlorengegangen (German): lost

Definitions

  1. lost

Ancestry of “verlorengegangen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverlorengehento go missing
2Germanverlorenfirst-person plural indicative past of verlieren;...
3Middle High Germanverlorn—
4Old High Germanfirloran—
5Proto-West Germanic*fraloʀan—
6Proto-Germanicfraluzanazlost
7Proto-Germanicfraleusanąto lose, to cease to have
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
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