English word forsake comes from Proto-Germanic *firi- (Expresses intensive or perfective meaning. Through, across.), Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*firi- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Expresses intensive or perfective meaning. Through, across. |
*seh₂g- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to seek out |
*sh₂g- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*sakaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
sacan | Old English (ang) | To accuse, blame. To argue, disagree. To fight. |
*frasakaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To renounce; forsake. |
forsacan | Old English (ang) | To oppose, give up (something), renounce. To refuse what is given, decline; withsay. |
forsaken | Middle English (enm) | |
forsake | English (en) | To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce. |