Where does “forespørre” come from?
forespørre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål spørre, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic spurjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
forespørre (Norwegian Bokmål): to ask, request; to enquire, inquire
Definitions
- to ask, request; to enquire, inquire
Ancestry of “forespørre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | spørre | to ask, inquire |
| 2 | Old Norse | spyrja | to trace steps or footprints; to investigate, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spurjaną | to feel, touch; to study; to search; to examine;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |