Where does “Viking” come from?

Viking comes from Old Norse víkingr, derived from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz, of uncertain ultimate origin.

Viking (English): One of the Scandinavian or other Northern...

Definitions

  1. One of the Scandinavian or other Northern...

Ancestry of “Viking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorsevíkingrViking
2Proto-Germanicwīkingaz—

Words derived from “Viking”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz →Every word from Old Norse víkingr →