sker
Icelandic
/scɛːr/
noun
Definitions
- reef, rock, skerry
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse sker (skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skarją.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skarją
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- skerry English
- Genschere German
- Nagelschere German
- Schere German
- Scherenfernrohr German
- Scherenschnitt German
- scheer Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *skarją Proto-Germanic
- skjer Norwegian Nynorsk
- sceir Irish
- sker Old Norse
- ŝero Esperanto
- skör Icelandic
- šķēres Latvian
- sgeir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sker Faroese
- schære Middle High German
- schere Middle Low German
- schēre, schēr(e) Middle Low German
- stjer Westrobothnian
- skerry Scots