Where does “skráargat” come from?

skráargat (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skrá, from Old Norse skrá, from Proto-Germanic skrahō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skráargat (Icelandic): keyhole (hole to lock/unlock with a key)

Definitions

  1. keyhole (hole to lock/unlock with a key)

Ancestry of “skráargat”, step by step

skráargat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic skrá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskrálist, register, file, directory; file; a...
2Old Norseskrádried skin, parchment; scroll, written document;...
3Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Icelandic gát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgátwatchfulness, attention; caution
2Old Norsegathole, opening
3Proto-Germanicgatąhole, opening, passage
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrahō →