Where does “færeyskur” come from?

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

færeyskur (Icelandic): Faroese (pertaing to the Faroese language, people or Faroe Islands)

Definitions

  1. Faroese (pertaing to the Faroese language, people or Faroe Islands)

Ancestry of “færeyskur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-skur-ish, -ic
2Old Norse-iskr—
3Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Icelandic -skur →