Where does “förgäta” come from?
förgäta (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish forgæta, from Middle Low German vorgēten, from Old Saxon fargetan, from Proto-West Germanic fragetan, from Proto-West Germanic fra-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
förgäta (Swedish): to forget; to lose remembrance of
Definitions
- to forget; to lose remembrance of
Ancestry of “förgäta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | forgæta | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vorgēten | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | fargetan | to forget |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fragetan | to lose hold of; to forget |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fra- | forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off... |
| 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 |