Words that come from Old High German “skreckōn”

27 words across 8 languages descend from Old High German skreckōn — including schrecklichkeit, skræk, rysskräck, skräck, höjdskräck, schreckhaft, Schreck, schrecklich.

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German (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Swedish (3)

Danish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

English (1)

Middle High German (1)