Where does “etterforske” come from?

etterforske (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forske, 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.

etterforske (Norwegian Bokmål): to investigate

Definitions

  1. to investigate

Ancestry of “etterforske”, step by step

etterforske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål forske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforsketo research
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 Norwegian Bokmål etter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåletterafter
2Old Norseettir—
3Proto-Germanicaftirimore aft, further behind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epoterosfurther behind, further away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti →