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
Ancestry of “forfatning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forfatte | to compose, write, author |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | for- | previous, before, first, pre-; extremely;... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vorvaten | to compose, write |
Words derived from “forfatning”