Where does “skríða” come from?

skríða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skríða, from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skríða (Icelandic): to slither

Definitions

  1. to slither

Ancestry of “skríða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskríðato glide
2Proto-Germanicskrīþanąto walk, glide, crawl
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kreyt-to wind; twist; bend
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną →