Where does “vortäuschen” come from?
vortäuschen (German) comes from German täuschen, from Middle High German tiuschen, from German tuschen, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.
vortäuschen (German): to effect make a false display of, fake, feign
Definitions
- to effect make a false display of, fake, feign
Ancestry of “vortäuschen”, step by step
vortäuschen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German täuschen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | täuschen | to deceive; to be wrong, to be mistaken; to err |
| 2 | Middle High German | tiuschen | — |
| 3 | German | tuschen | to paint with watercolors; to use mascara |
| 4 | French | toucher | The act of touching; A way of touching; The sense... |
| 5 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German vor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vor | before, prior to, ahead of; ahead of, in front... |
| 2 | Middle High German | vore | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fora | before, against, in the presence of |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |