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Where does “skjaldbaka” come from?

skjaldbaka (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skjöldur, from Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.

skjaldbaka (Icelandic): turtle, tortoise

Definitions

  1. turtle, tortoise

Ancestry of “skjaldbaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskjöldura shield
2Old Norseskjǫldra shield
3Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
4Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—
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