Where does “beforska” come from?
beforska (Swedish) comes from Swedish forska, 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.
beforska (Swedish): to research (scientifically)
Definitions
- to research (scientifically)
Ancestry of “beforska”, step by step
beforska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish forska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | forska | research |
| 2 | German | forschen | to research |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vorschen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | vorschen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | forscōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | forskōn | to inquire, question |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | forsku | question, inquiry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | furskō | question |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱ-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
via Swedish be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 2 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 3 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 7 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |