Where does “svikt” come from?

svikt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål svikte, from Low German swichten.

svikt (Norwegian Bokmål): failure; giving way, sinking; elasticity,...

Definitions

  1. failure; giving way, sinking; elasticity,...

Ancestry of “svikt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsvikteto fail; to give way
2Low Germanswichten—

Words derived from “svikt”

Every word from Low German swichten →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål svikte →