Where does “skrin” come from?
skrin (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse skrín, from Latin scrinium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
skrin (Norwegian Bokmål): box, chest
Ancestry of “skrin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | skrín | — |
| 2 | Latin | scrinium | case or chest for books or papers; portfolio,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |