Where does “vorliesen” come from?
vorliesen (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.
Ancestry of “vorliesen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | fraleusaną | to lose, to cease to have |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |