Where does “skrek” come from?

skrek (Ambonese Malay) comes from Dutch schrik, from Dutch schrikken, from Middle Dutch schricken, from Old Dutch skrikken, from Proto-Germanic skrikjaną.

skrek (Ambonese Malay): startled

Definitions

  1. startled

Ancestry of “skrek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschrikshock, dread; terror, menace
2Dutchschrikkento be startled, to get a scare; to quench
3Middle Dutchschrickento stride, to take a long, wide step; to be...
4Old Dutchskrikken—
5Proto-Germanicskrikjaną—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skrikjaną →Every word from Old Dutch skrikken →Every word from Middle Dutch schricken →