Where does “forfatter” come from?

forfatter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Verfasser, from German verfassen, from German Ver-, from Middle High German ver-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

forfatter (Norwegian Bokmål): an author; present tense of forfatte

Definitions

  1. an author; present tense of forfatte

Ancestry of “forfatter”, step by step

forfatter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verfasser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerfasserauthor
2Germanverfassento write, to compose, to draft, to prepare
3GermanVer-Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away'
4Middle High Germanver-—
5Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Norwegian Bokmål forfatte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforfatteto compose, write, author
2Norwegian Bokmålfor-previous, before, first, pre-; extremely;...
3Middle Low Germanvorvatento compose, write

Words derived from “forfatter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →