Where does “skriða” come from?

skriða (Faroese) comes from Old Norse skriða, from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skriða (Faroese): landslide, landslip

Definitions

  1. landslide, landslip

Ancestry of “skriða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskriðalandslide, landslip
2Proto-Germanicskrīþanąto walk, glide, crawl
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kreyt-to wind; twist; bend
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną →