Where does “forsaker” come from?

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

forsaker (Norwegian Bokmål): present of forsake

Definitions

  1. present of forsake

Ancestry of “forsaker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforsaketo give up, relinquish, forsake; to denounce
2Low Germanvorsaken—
3Old Dutchfarsakan—
4Proto-Germanic*frasakan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *frasakan →Every word from Old Dutch farsakan →Every word from Low German vorsaken →