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Where does “fargetan” come from?

fargetan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic fragetan, from Proto-West Germanic fra-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

fargetan (Old Saxon): to forget

Definitions

  1. to forget

Ancestry of “fargetan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfragetanto lose hold of; to forget
2Proto-West Germanicfra-forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off...
3Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “fargetan”

  • förgäta
  • vorgēten
  • vorgeten
  • forgæta
  • vergeten
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