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Where does “skjór” come from?

skjór (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skjór, from Proto-Germanic skaiwarō-.

skjór (Icelandic): magpie

Definitions

  1. magpie

Ancestry of “skjór”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskjór—
2Proto-Germanicskaiwarō-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skaiwarō- →