Where does “anskaffelse” come from?

anskaffelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anskaffe, from German anschaffen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

anskaffelse (Norwegian Bokmål): procurement

Definitions

  1. procurement

Ancestry of “anskaffelse”, step by step

anskaffelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål anskaffe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålanskaffeto acquire, procure, purchase
2Germananschaffento get, purchase, buy; to work as a prostitute,...
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an