Where does “skarv” come from?

skarv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse skarfr, from Proto-Germanic skarf-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- — to stumble.

skarv (Norwegian Bokmål): a cormorant

Definitions

  1. a cormorant

Ancestry of “skarv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskarfrcormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)
2Proto-Germanicskarf-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)gʷʰh₂el-to stumble

Words derived from “skarv”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skarf- →Every word from Old Norse skarfr →