forsake
English
/fɔɹˈseɪk/
verb
Definitions
- To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forsaken (deny, reject) inherited from Old English forsacan (quarrel, refuse, dispute, oppose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frasakaną (renounce, forsake) prefix from English sake (strife).
Origin
English
sake
Gloss
strife
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atsake English
- forsaker English
- forsakest English
- forsaketh English
- keepsake English
- namesake English
- sackless English
- sake English
- unsake English
- withersake English
- withsake English
- verzaken Dutch, Flemish
- verzaker Dutch, Flemish
- verzaking Dutch, Flemish
- forsage Norwegian Bokmål
- forsagelse Norwegian Bokmål
- forsake Norwegian Bokmål
- forsakelse Norwegian Bokmål
- *frasakaną Proto-Germanic
- *sakaną Proto-Germanic
- forsacan Old English
- sacan Old English
- forsaken Middle English
- sake Middle English
- versāken Middle Dutch
- firsahhan Old High German
- versaak Afrikaans
- versachen Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 Gothic
- farsacan Old Dutch
- forsaka Old Frisian
- vorsaken Low German