Where does “forklare” come from?
forklare (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål klar, from Old Norse klárr, from Middle Low German klār, from Latin clārus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
forklare (Norwegian Bokmål): to explain
Ancestry of “forklare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | klar | clear; bright; plain |
| 2 | Old Norse | klárr | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | klār | — |
| 4 | Latin | clārus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
Words derived from “forklare”