Where does “skolisse” come from?

skolisse (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,...

skolisse (Norwegian Bokmål): a shoelace

Definitions

  1. a shoelace

Ancestry of “skolisse”, step by step

skolisse 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 lisse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållisse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz