Where does “romanforfatter” come from?
romanforfatter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forfatter, from German Verfasser, from German verfassen, from German Ver-, from Middle High German ver-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
romanforfatter (Norwegian Bokmål): a novelist
Ancestry of “romanforfatter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forfatter | an author; present tense of forfatte |
| 2 | German | Verfasser | — |
| 3 | German | verfassen | — |
| 4 | German | Ver- | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |