Where does “skarv” come from?
skarv (Danish) comes from Old Norse skarfr, from Proto-Germanic skarf-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- — to stumble.
skarv (Danish): shag, cormorant; great cormorant
Definitions
- shag, cormorant; great cormorant
Ancestry of “skarv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | skarfr | cormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae) |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skarf- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)gʷʰh₂el- | to stumble |