Where does “ver-” come from?

ver- (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ver- (Middle Dutch): Forms verbs indicating change away from a state;...

Definitions

  1. Forms verbs indicating change away from a state;...

Ancestry of “ver-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutcher-—
2Old Dutchur-—
3Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
4Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “ver-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →