Where does “släktforskning” come from?

släktforskning (Swedish) comes from Swedish forskning, 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.

släktforskning (Swedish): genealogy (study of family history)

Definitions

  1. genealogy (study of family history)

Ancestry of “släktforskning”, step by step

släktforskning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish forskning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishforskningresearch
2Swedishforskaresearch
3Germanforschento research
4Middle Low Germanvorschen
5Middle High Germanvorschen
6Old High Germanforscōn
7Proto-West Germanicforskōnto inquire, question
8Proto-West Germanicforskuquestion, inquiry
9Proto-Germanicfurskōquestion
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱ-eh₂
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂

via Swedish släkt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsläktkinship, relatives; related
2Old Swedishslækt
3Middle Low Germanslechtfamily, lineage
4Proto-Germanicslahtō
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti