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Where does “viking” come from?

viking (Danish) comes from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz.

viking (Danish): Viking

Definitions

  1. Viking

Ancestry of “viking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorsevíkingrViking
2Proto-Germanicwīkingaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz →