Where does “verbot” come from?
verbot (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic furibudą, from Proto-Germanic furibeudaną, from Proto-Germanic furi-, from Proto-Germanic furi, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “verbot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | furibudą | A prohibition, forbidding |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | furibeudaną | to forbid, prohibit, command against |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | furi- | before, forth, forward; forth- |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | furi | for, before; before, forward |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |