Where does “skyr” come from?

skyr (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic skiwją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

skyr (Norwegian Bokmål): present of sky

Definitions

  1. present of sky

Ancestry of “skyr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskyshy; a cloud; to avoid, shun
2Old Norseskýcloud
3Proto-Germanicskiwjącloud; sky
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skiwją →Every word from Old Norse ský →
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