Where does “scenskräck” come from?

scenskräck (Swedish) comes from Swedish skräck, from German Schreck, from Middle High German schrecke.

scenskräck (Swedish): stage fright (as a persistent phobia)

Definitions

  1. stage fright (as a persistent phobia)

Ancestry of “scenskräck”, step by step

scenskräck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skräck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskräckfear, terror, horror
2GermanSchreckfright
3Middle High Germanschrecke—

via Swedish scen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishscena stage; a scene; a view, a scenery
Every word from Middle High German schrecke →Every word from German Schreck →Every word from Swedish skräck →