Where does “forske” come from?

forske (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German forschen, from Middle Low German vorschen, from Middle High German vorschen, from Old High German forscōn, from Proto-West Germanic forskōn, from Proto-West Germanic forsku, from Proto-Germanic furskō, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱ-eh₂.

forske (Norwegian Bokmål): to research

Definitions

  1. to research

Ancestry of “forske”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanforschento research
2Middle Low Germanvorschen—
3Middle High Germanvorschen—
4Old High Germanforscōn—
5Proto-West Germanicforskōnto inquire, question
6Proto-West Germanicforskuquestion, inquiry
7Proto-Germanicfurskōquestion
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱ-eh₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “forske”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti →