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Where does “verlorengehen” come from?

verlorengehen (German) comes 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.

verlorengehen (German): to go missing

Definitions

  1. to go missing

Ancestry of “verlorengehen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “verlorengehen”

  • verlorengegangen
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