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Where does “unskied” come from?

unskied (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.

unskied (English): Not skied

Definitions

  1. Not skied

Ancestry of “unskied”, 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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