Where does “skeifa” come from?

skeifa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skeifa, from Old Norse skeifr, from Proto-Germanic skaibaz, from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo-.

skeifa (Icelandic): a horseshoe

Definitions

  1. a horseshoe

Ancestry of “skeifa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskeifa—
2Old Norseskeifraskew, oblique; awry, difficult
3Proto-Germanicskaibazcrooked
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂iwo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaibaz →Every word from Old Norse skeifr →