forsake

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English word forsake comes from Proto-Germanic *firi- (Expresses intensive or perfective meaning. Through, across.), Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-

*firi- (Proto-Germanic)

Expresses intensive or perfective meaning. Through, across.

*seh₂g- (Proto-Indo-European)

to seek out

*sh₂g- (Proto-Indo-European)

*sakaną (Proto-Germanic)

sacan (Old English)

To accuse, blame. To argue, disagree. To fight.

*frasakaną (Proto-Germanic)

To renounce; forsake.

forsacan (Old English)

To oppose, give up (something), renounce. To refuse what is given, decline; withsay.

forsaken (Middle English)

forsake (English)

To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.

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