Where does “etterforskning” come from?
etterforskning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forskning, 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.
etterforskning (Norwegian Bokmål): investigation
Ancestry of “etterforskning”, step by step