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Where does “sko” come from?

sko (Danish) comes from Old Norse skór, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

sko (Danish): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “sko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskórshoe
2Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Words derived from “sko”

  • skomager
  • skohorn
  • babysko
  • hestesko
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