Where does “skrekkfilm” come from?

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

skrekkfilm (Norwegian Bokmål): a horror film or horror movie

Definitions

  1. a horror film or horror movie

Ancestry of “skrekkfilm”, step by step

skrekkfilm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål skrekk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskrekkterror, horror, dread, fright
2GermanSchreckfright
3Middle High Germanschrecke—

via Norwegian Bokmål film

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfilma film; a film, movie; imperative of filme
Every word from Middle High German schrecke →Every word from German Schreck →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål skrekk →