Where does “slægtsforskning” come from?

slægtsforskning (Danish) comes from Danish forskning, from Danish forske, from German Forscher, from German forschen, from Middle Low German vorschen, from Middle High German vorschen, from Old High German forscōn, from Proto-West Germanic forskōn.

slægtsforskning (Danish): genealogy

Definitions

  1. genealogy

Ancestry of “slægtsforskning”, step by step

slægtsforskning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish forskning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforskningresearch
2Danishforsketo research
3GermanForscheragent noun of forschen; researcher
4Germanforschento research
5Middle Low Germanvorschen
6Middle High Germanvorschen
7Old High Germanforscōn
8Proto-West Germanicforskōnto inquire, question
9Proto-West Germanicforskuquestion, inquiry
10Proto-Germanicfurskōquestion
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱ-eh₂
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂

via Danish slægt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishslægtfamily; lineage, stock; generation
2Middle Low Germanslechtfamily, lineage
3Proto-Germanicslahtō
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti