Where does “rikverc” come from?

rikverc (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German rückwärts, from German rück, from Middle High German ruc, from Old High German rucch.

rikverc (Serbo-Croatian): backwards

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Ancestry of “rikverc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrückwärtsbackwards
2Germanrücksingular imperative of rücken; first-person...
3Middle High Germanruc—
4Old High Germanrucch—
Every word from Old High German rucch →Every word from Middle High German ruc →Every word from German rück →