forsake
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to give up, relinquish, forsake
- to denounce (the devil)
Etymology
Derived from Low German vorsaken derived from Proto-Germanic *frasakaną (renounce, forsake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frasakaną
Gloss
renounce, forsake
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forsake English
- forsaker English
- forsakest English
- forsaketh English
- sake English
- verzaken Dutch, Flemish
- verzaker Dutch, Flemish
- verzaking Dutch, Flemish
- forsage Norwegian Bokmål
- forsakelse Norwegian Bokmål
- *frasakaną Proto-Germanic
- forsacan Old English
- forsaken Middle English
- versāken Middle Dutch
- firsahhan Old High German
- versaak Afrikaans
- farsacan Old Dutch
- forsaka Old Frisian
- vorsaken Low German