Where does “sikksakk” come from?
sikksakk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г.
sikksakk (Norwegian Nynorsk): zigzag
Ancestry of “sikksakk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Zickzack | zigzag |
| 2 | Italian | zigzagare | intransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag... |
| 3 | Russian | зигза́г | — |
Words derived from “sikksakk”