Etymology

skeo

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Today it means: A fisherman's hut in Orkney. Full definition →

Scots skeo ← Norwegian skjå ← Old Norse skjár
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromskjár“a window-pane or opening”
  2. Norwegian · derived fromskjå“a drying-house, shed”
  3. Scots · borrowed fromskeo
  4. English todayskeo

From Scots skeo, from Norwegian skjå (“a drying-house, shed”), related to Icelandic skjá (“a shelter”), probably from or related to Old Norse skjár (“a window-pane or opening”). Compare also Norwegian skur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.