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Where does “skalvur” come from?

skalvur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse skafl, from Proto-Germanic skabalō-.

skalvur (Faroese): an overhanging snowdrift

Definitions

  1. an overhanging snowdrift

Ancestry of “skalvur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskafl—
2Proto-Germanicskabalō-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skabalō- →