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Where does “sikksakkmønster” come from?

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

sikksakkmønster (Norwegian Nynorsk): a zigzag pattern

Definitions

  1. a zigzag pattern

Ancestry of “sikksakkmønster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksikksakkzigzag
2GermanZickzackzigzag
3Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
4Russianзигза́г—
Every word from Russian зигза́г →