Where does “forsage” come from?

forsage (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Low German vorsaken, from Old Dutch farsakan, from Proto-Germanic *frasakan.

forsage (Norwegian Bokmål): to give up, relinquish; to denounce

Definitions

  1. to give up, relinquish; to denounce

Ancestry of “forsage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanvorsaken—
2Old Dutchfarsakan—
3Proto-Germanic*frasakan—

Words derived from “forsage”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *frasakan →Every word from Old Dutch farsakan →Every word from Low German vorsaken →