Where does “persen” come from?

persen (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin pressāre, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “persen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpressāre—
2Latinpremeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinpremoI press; I pursue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpres-to press
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “persen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →