Where does “forsake” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. to give up, relinquish, forsake; to denounce

Ancestry of “forsake”, step by step

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

Words derived from “forsake”

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