Where does “þroskaskertur” come from?

þroskaskertur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skertur — reduced, impaired.

þroskaskertur (Icelandic): mentally disabled, mentally handicapped

Definitions

  1. mentally disabled, mentally handicapped

Ancestry of “þroskaskertur”, step by step

þroskaskertur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic skertur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskerturreduced, impaired

via Icelandic þroski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþroskimaturity
Every word from Icelandic skertur
þroskaskertur — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer