Where does “skarvur” come from?

skarvur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse skarfr, from Proto-Germanic skarf-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- — to stumble.

skarvur (Faroese): shag, cormorant; common shag, European shag

Definitions

  1. shag, cormorant; common shag, European shag

Ancestry of “skarvur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskarfrcormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)
2Proto-Germanicskarf-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)gʷʰh₂el-to stumble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skarf- →Every word from Old Norse skarfr →