Etymology Explorer
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Where does “vorsaken” come from?
vorsaken (Low German) comes from Old Dutch farsakan, from Proto-Germanic *frasakan.
Ancestry of “vorsaken”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
farsakan
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2
Proto-Germanic
*frasakan
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Words derived from “vorsaken”
forsage
forsake
forsaka
forsaker
forsakelse
forsagelse
försaka
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