Where does “navorsen” come from?
navorsen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vorsen, from German forschen, from Middle Low German vorschen, from Middle High German vorschen, from Old High German forscōn, from Proto-West Germanic forskōn, from Proto-West Germanic forsku, from Proto-Germanic furskō.
navorsen (Dutch): to research, investigate
Definitions
- to research, investigate
Ancestry of “navorsen”, step by step
navorsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vorsen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vorsen | to examine, look into; to research scientifically |
| 2 | German | forschen | to research |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vorschen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | vorschen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | forscōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | forskōn | to inquire, question |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | forsku | question, inquiry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | furskō | question |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱ-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
via Dutch na
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | na | after; bar, except; close |
| 2 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trekaną | to push; to drag; to scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dreg- | to pull; to drag, scrape |