Where does “skrue” come from?

skrue (Danish) comes from Middle Low German schrūve, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skrue (Danish): a screw or bolt

Definitions

  1. a screw or bolt

Ancestry of “skrue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “skrue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Middle Low German schrūve →