Where does “Ahnenforschung” come from?

Ahnenforschung (German) comes from German Forschung, from Middle High German vorschunge.

Ahnenforschung (German): genealogy

Definitions

  1. genealogy

Ancestry of “Ahnenforschung”, step by step

Ahnenforschung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Forschung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanForschungresearch
2Middle High Germanvorschunge—

via German Ahnen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAhnenplural of Ahn
2Middle High Germananen—
Every word from Middle High German vorschunge →