Etymograph

English

forthsend

Forthsend comes from Middle English *forthsenden ‘to send forth’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sinþaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþaną1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijaną2‘to send’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijan2‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendan3‘to send’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150forþsendan4‘to send forth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*forthsenden4‘to send forth’reconstructed
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1885forthsend4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, which cites Kroonen
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English sendan
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old English forþsendan
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English forthsend
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1885, Robert Burleigh Campbell, Palm leaves from Ceylon: “Forthsend my thoughts, to Venice on the sea; And…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþanąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, which cites Kroonenreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijanąWiktionary, Old English sendan‘to send’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijanWiktionary, Old English sendan‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendanWiktionary, Old English forþsendan‘to send’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150forþsendanWiktionary, English forthsend‘to send forth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*forthsendenWiktionary, English forthsend‘to send forth’reconstructed
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1885forthsendWiktionary, English forthsend. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1885, Robert Burleigh Campbell, Palm leaves from Ceylon: “Forthsend my thoughts, to Venice on the sea; And…”

Formed from forth- + send

Proto-Indo-European *prto-

Proto-Germanic *furþą ‘forth, forward’

Proto-West Germanic *forþ ‘forward’

English forth-

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to walk’

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Proto-Germanic *sandijaną ‘to send’

Proto-West Germanic *sandijan ‘to send’

Old English sendan ‘to send’

Middle English senden ‘to send’

English send

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *sinþaną

Today it means

verb To send forth; dispatch; send off.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “forthsend”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, Old English sendan, Old English forþsendan. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sinþaną / forthsend

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