Where does “svak” come from?
svak (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon swak, from Proto-West Germanic swak, from Proto-Indo-European swe(n)g-.
svak (Norwegian Bokmål): weak; faint
Ancestry of “svak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | swak | weak |
| 2 | Old Saxon | swak | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | swak | swinging; swaying; yielding easily; pliable; weak |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swe(n)g- | — |
Words derived from “svak”