Where does “lykketreff” come from?

lykketreff (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lykke, from Danish lykke, from Middle Low German lucke.

lykketreff (Norwegian Bokmål): a stroke of luck

Definitions

  1. a stroke of luck

Ancestry of “lykketreff”, step by step

lykketreff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål lykke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållykkehappiness; luck, fortune; blessing
2Danishlykkehappiness; luck, fortune; blessing
3Middle Low Germanlucke—

via Norwegian Bokmål treff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltreffimperative of treffe
Every word from Middle Low German lucke →Every word from Danish lykke →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål lykke →