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Where does “sviker” come from?

sviker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse svikari.

sviker (Norwegian Bokmål): a traitor

Definitions

  1. a traitor

Ancestry of “sviker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesvikari—
Every word from Old Norse svikari →