Where does “ulykke” come from?

ulykke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse úlykka, from Middle Low German ungelucke.

ulykke (Norwegian Bokmål): accident; misfortune

Definitions

  1. accident; misfortune

Ancestry of “ulykke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseúlykka—
2Middle Low Germanungelucke—

Words derived from “ulykke”

Every word from Middle Low German ungelucke →Every word from Old Norse úlykka →