Where does “forfalskning” come from?

forfalskning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish förfalska, from Middle Low German vörvelschen, from Old Saxon *farfalskōn, from Proto-Germanic *frafalskōn.

forfalskning (Norwegian Bokmål): forgery

Definitions

  1. forgery

Ancestry of “forfalskning”, step by step

forfalskning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish förfalska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförfalskaforge, counterfeit, falsify
2Middle Low Germanvörvelschen—
3Old Saxon*farfalskōn—
4Proto-Germanic*frafalskōn—

via Norwegian Bokmål forfalske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforfalske—

Words derived from “forfalskning”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *frafalskōn →Every word from Old Saxon *farfalskōn →Every word from Middle Low German vörvelschen →