Where does “sko” come from?

sko (Icelandic) comes from Danish skue, from Old Norse skoða, from Proto-Germanic skuþōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewh₁- — to perceive; to observe.

sko (Icelandic): look, look here, you know, like

Definitions

  1. look, look here, you know, like

Ancestry of “sko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishskueto see, behold; sight, spectacle; livestock show
2Old Norseskoðato watch, view
3Proto-Germanicskuþōną—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewh₁- →