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Where does “køliskáp” come from?

køliskáp (Faroese) comes from Faroese skáp, from Old Norse skap, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skāp, from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

køliskáp (Faroese): fridge, refrigerator

Definitions

  1. fridge, refrigerator

Ancestry of “køliskáp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskápcupboard; cabinet
2Old Norseskap—
3Middle Low Germanschapcupboard, cabinet, coffer
4Old Saxonskāp—
5Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
6Proto-Germanicskapąshape
7Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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