Where does “verslinden” come from?
verslinden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *farslindan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan, from Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną, from Proto-Indo-European sēl- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.
Ancestry of “verslinden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | *farslindan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *fraslindan | to gobble up, devour |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *fraslindaną | to gobble up, devour, eat greedily |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sēl- | to calm, quiet, be favourable |