Where does “forfatterskap” come from?
forfatterskap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forfatter, 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- — passed , crossed.
forfatterskap (Norwegian Bokmål): oeuvre; authorship
Definitions
- oeuvre; authorship
Ancestry of “forfatterskap”, step by step
forfatterskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forfatter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forfatter | an author; present tense of forfatte |
| 2 | German | Verfasser | author |
| 3 | German | verfassen | to write, to compose, to draft, to prepare |
| 4 | German | Ver- | Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away' |
| 5 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål skap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skap | a closet; a cupboard; imperative of skape |
| 2 | Old Norse | skap | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |