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Where does “fuerschen” come from?

fuerschen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German vorschen, from Old High German forscōn, from Proto-West Germanic forskōn, from Proto-West Germanic forsku, from Proto-Germanic furskō, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-.

fuerschen (Luxembourgish): to research

Definitions

  1. to research

Ancestry of “fuerschen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvorschen—
2Old High Germanforscōn—
3Proto-West Germanicforskōnto inquire, question
4Proto-West Germanicforskuquestion, inquiry
5Proto-Germanicfurskōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱ-eh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “fuerschen”

  • erfuerschen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →