Where does “skimo” come from?

skimo (English) comes from English mountaineering, from English mountaineer, from English -eer, from Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.

skimo (English): Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering

Definitions

  1. Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering

Ancestry of “skimo”, step by step

skimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mountaineering

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmountaineeringThe sport of climbing mountains
2EnglishmountaineerA person who climbs mountains for sport or...
3English-eerUsed to create an agent noun denoting someone...
4Dutch-erenforms the plural of a limited group of nouns:...
5Middle Dutch-eren
6Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
7Latin-ārefirst conjugation
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
12Chichewaiyehe, she

via English ski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishskione of a pair of long flat runners designed for...
2Norwegian Bokmålskia ski
3Danishski
4Norwegian Nynorskskia ski
5Old Norseskíðstick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden...
6Proto-Germanicskīdąpiece of wood, billet, board
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Latin -āre