Where does “skile” come from?

skile (Albanian) comes from Greek σκύλος, from Greek σκυλ-, from Greek σκυλο-, from Ancient Greek σκύλος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

skile (Albanian): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “skile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσκύλοςdog; beast, brute; hard worker
2Greekσκυλ-Alternative form of σκυλο-; dog
3Greekσκυλο-API + λέγω → σκυλολόι; API + τροφή →...
4Ancient Greekσκύλοςskin, hide
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-Every word from Greek σκυλ-Every word from Greek σκύλος