Where does “Namenforscher” come from?

Namenforscher (German) comes 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, from Proto-West Germanic forsku, from Proto-Germanic furskō.

Namenforscher (German): onomastician

Definitions

  1. onomastician

Ancestry of “Namenforscher”, step by step

Namenforscher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Forscher

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

via German nāme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannāmename (forename, Christian name, given name)
2Middle High Germannamename
3Old High Germannamoname; noun
4Proto-West Germanicnamōname
5Proto-Germanicnamôname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti →