Where does “sikksakk” come from?

sikksakk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

sikksakk (Norwegian Nynorsk): zigzag

Definitions

  1. zigzag

Ancestry of “sikksakk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZickzackzigzag
2Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
3Russianзигза́гzigzag

Words derived from “sikksakk”

Every word from Russian зигза́г →Every word from Italian zigzagare →Every word from German Zickzack →