Where does “historieförfalskning” come from?

historieförfalskning (Swedish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forfalskning, from Swedish förfalska, from Middle Low German vörvelschen, from Old Saxon *farfalskōn, from Proto-Germanic *frafalskōn.

historieförfalskning (Swedish): falsification of history

Definitions

  1. falsification of history

Ancestry of “historieförfalskning”, step by step

historieförfalskning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål forfalskning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforfalskningforgery
2Swedishförfalskaforge, counterfeit, falsify
3Middle Low Germanvörvelschen—
4Old Saxon*farfalskōn—
5Proto-Germanic*frafalskōn—

via Swedish historia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhistoriahistory; A story, plot; A joke or anecdote
Every word from Proto-Germanic *frafalskōn →Every word from Old Saxon *farfalskōn →Every word from Middle Low German vörvelschen →