entwischen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German entwischen, from Old High German intwisken. Traditionally considered to be a compound of ent- (away from) +‎ wischen (to wipe, scrub). However, the second component is considered by Cheung to be derived from a different root, Proto-Indo-European *wyedʰ- (to shoot, take aim, hit, wound), with Sanskrit व्यध् (vyadh, to pierce, hit) and Old Armenian վէրք (vērkʻ, wound) as potential cognates.[1]

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Verb

entwischen (weak, third-person singular present entwischt, past tense entwischte, past participle entwischt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to escape

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*ṷaid3”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410

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