Where does “skua” come from?

skua (French) comes from Faroese skúgvur, from Old Norse skúfr — great skua.

skua (French): great skua

Definitions

  1. great skua

Ancestry of “skua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskúgvurgreat skua; tuft; the pyloric caeca of fish
2Old Norseskúfrgreat skua
Every word from Old Norse skúfr →Every word from Faroese skúgvur →