Where does “skoeske” come from?

skoeske (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sko, from Old Norse skór, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

skoeske (Norwegian Bokmål): a shoebox

Definitions

  1. a shoebox

Ancestry of “skoeske”, step by step

skoeske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskoa shoe; to shoe
2Old Norseskórshoe
3Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via Norwegian Bokmål eske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåleskea box
2Old Norseeskiashen box
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz →