Where does “forfatning” come from?

forfatning (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forfatte, from Norwegian Bokmål for-, from Middle Low German vorvaten — to compose, write.

forfatning (Danish): constitution

Definitions

  1. constitution

Ancestry of “forfatning”, step by step

forfatning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål forfatte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforfatteto compose, write, author
2Norwegian Bokmålfor-previous, before, first, pre-; extremely;...
3Middle Low Germanvorvatento compose, write

via Danish forfatte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforfatteto compose, write

Words derived from “forfatning”

Every word from Middle Low German vorvaten →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål for- →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål forfatte →