Where does “forthcallen” come from?

forthcallen (Middle English) comes from Middle English callen, from Old English ceallian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic kalzōną, from Proto-Germanic kalzaz, from Proto-Indo-European gols-, from Proto-Indo-European gels- — voice, cry; to call; voice, cry; to call.

forthcallen (Middle English): to provoke

Definitions

  1. to provoke

Ancestry of “forthcallen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcallento call
2Old Englishceallianto call; to cry out, shout
3Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn—
4Proto-Germanickalzōnąto call, shout
5Proto-Germanickalzaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangols-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeangels-voice, cry; to call; voice, cry; to call
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gels- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gols- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kalzaz →