Where does “-skur” come from?

-skur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse -iskr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-skur (Icelandic): -ish, -ic

Definitions

  1. -ish, -ic

Ancestry of “-skur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-iskr—
2Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-skur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Old Norse -iskr →