svik

Icelandic

/svɪːk/

noun

Definitions

betrayal, treachery
fraud, swindle, scam

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse svik derived from Proto-Germanic *swiką (deceit, deception, trickery).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*swiką

Gloss

deceit, deception, trickery

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*sweyg- Proto-Indo-European
*swiką Proto-Germanic
svek Swedish
svik Norwegian Nynorsk
swic Old English
swik Middle English
svik Old Norse
hrappur Icelandic
svikahrappur Icelandic
sviksamur Icelandic
sviksemi Icelandic
svikóttur Icelandic
*vika Proto-Finnic
swick Scots