Where does “fusk” come from?

fusk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Swedish fuska, from German pfuschen, from German futsch — down the drain, gone, away.

fusk (Norwegian Nynorsk): trickery, cheating, fraud

Definitions

  1. trickery, cheating, fraud

Ancestry of “fusk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfuskacheat
2Germanpfuschento work unprofessionally; to botch; to cheat; to...
3Germanfutschdown the drain, gone, away
Every word from German futsch
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