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
- shag, cormorant; common shag, European shag
Ancestry of “skarvur”, step by step