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Where does “ski'd” come from?

ski'd (English) comes from English skied, from English sky, from Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic skiwją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

ski'd (English): simple past tense and past participle of ski

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ski

Ancestry of “ski'd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishskiedsimple past tense and past participle of ski;...
2EnglishskyThe atmosphere above a given point, especially as...
3Middle EnglishskyThe atmosphere or sky; that which lies above the...
4Old Norseskýcloud
5Proto-Germanicskiwjącloud; sky
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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