Where does “forsagelse” come from?

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

forsagelse (Norwegian Bokmål): relinquishment, surrender

Definitions

  1. relinquishment, surrender

Ancestry of “forsagelse”, step by step

forsagelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål forsage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforsageto give up, relinquish; to denounce
2Low Germanvorsaken—
3Old Dutchfarsakan—
4Proto-Germanic*frasakan—

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Germanic *frasakan →Every word from Old Dutch farsakan →Every word from Low German vorsaken →