ski

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*skey-“to cut, split”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skīdą“stick”
3. Old Norse · derived fromskíð“stick of wood, snowshoe”
4. English todayski

From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (modern shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

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