Where does “svakheit” come from?
svakheit (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk svak, from Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon swak, from Proto-West Germanic swak, from Proto-Indo-European swe(n)g-.
svakheit (Norwegian Nynorsk): weakness
Ancestry of “svakheit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | svak | weak; faint |
| 2 | Middle Low German | swak | weak |
| 3 | Old Saxon | swak | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swak | swinging; swaying; yielding easily; pliable; weak |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swe(n)g- | — |