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

Definitions

  1. investigation

Ancestry of “etterforskning”, step by step

etterforskning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål forskning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforskningresearch
2Norwegian Bokmålforsketo research
3Germanforschento research
4Middle Low Germanvorschen—
5Middle High Germanvorschen—
6Old High Germanforscōn—
7Proto-West Germanicforskōnto inquire, question
8Proto-West Germanicforskuquestion, inquiry
9Proto-Germanicfurskōquestion
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱ-eh₂—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
13Proto-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 →