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Where does “skafl” come from?

skafl (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skafl, from Proto-Germanic skabalō-.

skafl (Icelandic): snowdrift

Definitions

  1. snowdrift

Ancestry of “skafl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskafl—
2Proto-Germanicskabalō-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skabalō- →