sceir

Irish (Donegal)

noun

Definitions

skerry

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sker (skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea).

Origin

Old Norse

sker

Gloss

skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

skerry English
scheer Dutch, Flemish
*skarją Proto-Germanic
skjer Norwegian Nynorsk
sker Old Norse
ŝero Esperanto
sker Icelandic
skör Icelandic
sgeir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
sker Faroese
schēre, schēr(e) Middle Low German
stjer Westrobothnian
skerry Scots