Where does “forfatter” come from?

forfatter (Danish) comes from Danish forfatte, from Middle Low German vorvaten — to compose, write.

forfatter (Danish): writer; author; present of forfatte

Definitions

  1. writer; author; present of forfatte

Ancestry of “forfatter”, step by step

forfatter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish forfatte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforfatteto compose, write
2Middle Low Germanvorvatento compose, write

via Danish er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisherpresent of være; are

Words derived from “forfatter”

Every word from Middle Low German vorvaten →Every word from Danish forfatte →