stjer

Westrobothnian

noun

Definitions

a skerry reef, rocky islet, rock in the sea

Etymology

Inherited 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
sceir Irish
sker Old Norse
ŝero Esperanto
sker Icelandic
skör Icelandic
sgeir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
sker Faroese
schēre, schēr(e) Middle Low German
skerry Scots