Where does “skrekk” come from?

skrekk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Schreck, from Middle High German schrecke.

skrekk (Norwegian Bokmål): terror, horror, dread, fright

Definitions

  1. terror, horror, dread, fright

Ancestry of “skrekk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchreckfright
2Middle High Germanschrecke—

Words derived from “skrekk”

Every word from Middle High German schrecke →Every word from German Schreck →