Where does “skies” come from?

Skies derives from Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic skiwją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-, meaning to cover or shade.

skies (English): plural of sky; plural of skie; Third-person...

Definitions

  1. plural of sky; plural of skie; Third-person...

Ancestry of “skies”, step by step

skies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sky

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

via English skie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskieObsolete spelling of sky

Words derived from “skies”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skiwją →Every word from Old Norse ský →