Where does “forfatte” come from?

forfatte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål for-, from Middle Low German vorvaten — to compose, write.

forfatte (Norwegian Bokmål): to compose, write, author

Definitions

  1. to compose, write, author

Ancestry of “forfatte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfor-previous, before, first, pre-; extremely;...
2Middle Low Germanvorvatento compose, write

Words derived from “forfatte”

Every word from Middle Low German vorvaten →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål for- →