Where does “forlag” come from?

forlag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German verlag, from German verlegen, from Middle High German verlegen.

forlag (Norwegian Bokmål): publisher (publishing company)

Definitions

  1. publisher (publishing company)

Ancestry of “forlag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverlagpublishing house, publisher a company that produces and sells books, booklets, magazines
2Germanverlegenabashed, embarrassed, confused, disconcerted,...
3Middle High Germanverlegen—
Every word from Middle High German verlegen →Every word from German verlegen →Every word from German verlag →