Etymology

skerry

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Today it means: A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms. Full definition →

Old Norse sker ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)ker-
  2. Old Norse · derived fromsker
  3. English todayskerry

From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsesker all →

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Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker- all →

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