forsling

Meaning

Verb

• To swallow down; gobble up.

Origin

• From Middle English, from Middle Dutch verslinden, from Old Dutch *farslindan ("to devour"), from Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan, from Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną ("to devour"), equivalent to Proto-Germanic *slindaną ("to devour"), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- ("to sneak, creep"). Cognate with Dutch verslinden ("to devour"), Middle Low German vorslinden ("to devour, eat up"), German verschlinden, verschlingen, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 ("to gobble, swallow, devour").