Where does “forscōn” come from?

forscōn (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic forskōn, from Proto-West Germanic forsku, from Proto-Germanic furskō, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Ancestry of “forscōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicforskōnto inquire, question
2Proto-West Germanicforskuquestion, inquiry
3Proto-Germanicfurskōquestion
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱ-eh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “forscōn”

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