Where does “forsaken” come from?

forsaken (Middle English) comes from Old English forsacan, from Proto-Germanic *frasakan.

forsaken (Middle English): to reject, deny

Definitions

  1. to reject, deny

Ancestry of “forsaken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishforsacanto oppose, give up (something), renounce
2Proto-Germanic*frasakan—

Words derived from “forsaken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *frasakan →Every word from Old English forsacan →
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