Where does “skräckvälde” come from?

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

skräckvälde (Swedish): reign of terror

Definitions

  1. reign of terror

Ancestry of “skräckvälde”, step by step

skräckvälde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skräck

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

via Swedish välde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishväldea power, an empire, a realm, a reign
Every word from Middle High German schrecke →Every word from German Schreck →Every word from Swedish skräck →