Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “skræk” come from?

skræk (Danish) comes from German Schreck, from Middle High German schrecke.

skræk (Danish): fear; terror; fright, scare

Definitions

  1. fear; terror; fright, scare

Ancestry of “skræk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchreckfright
2Middle High Germanschrecke—
Every word from Middle High German schrecke →