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Where does “skrika” come from?

skrika (Swedish) comes from Old Norse skríkja, from Proto-Germanic skrīkijaną, from Proto-Germanic skrīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerey- — to scream, screech; to scream, caw.

skrika (Swedish): to scream, to yell, to shout

Definitions

  1. to scream, to yell, to shout

Ancestry of “skrika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskríkjato shriek; to scream
2Proto-Germanicskrīkijanąto cry, scream, shriek
3Proto-Germanicskrīhanąto shout, scream; to cry out, proclaim
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kerey-to scream, screech; to scream, caw
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