Where does “språkforsker” come from?

språkforsker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål språk, from Middle Low German sprake.

språkforsker (Norwegian Bokmål): a linguist

Definitions

  1. a linguist

Ancestry of “språkforsker”, step by step

språkforsker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålspråklanguage
2Middle Low Germansprake—

via Norwegian Bokmål forsker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforskera researcher
Every word from Middle Low German sprake →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål språk →