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
- to investigate
Ancestry of “etterforske”, step by step
etterforske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forske | to research |
| 2 | German | forschen | to research |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vorschen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | vorschen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | forscōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | forskōn | to inquire, question |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | forsku | question, inquiry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | furskō | question |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱ-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål etter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | etter | after |
| 2 | Old Norse | ettir | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aftiri | more aft, further behind |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |