Where does “skaldskapur” come from?

skaldskapur (Faroese) comes from Faroese skald, from Old Norse skald, from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

skaldskapur (Faroese): fiction, poetry

Definitions

  1. fiction, poetry

Ancestry of “skaldskapur”, step by step

skaldskapur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese skald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskaldpoet, composer
2Old Norseskaldpoet, skald
3Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—

via Icelandic skáld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskálda poet

via Faroese skapur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskapur—

Words derived from “skaldskapur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →Every word from Old Norse skald →