Where does “svikta” come from?

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

svikta (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of svikte: ## simple past ## past...

Definitions

  1. inflection of svikte: ## simple past ## past...

Ancestry of “svikta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsvikteto fail; to give way
2Low Germanswichten—
Every word from Low German swichten →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål svikte →