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Where does “skar” come from?

skar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic skardą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skar (Norwegian Nynorsk): past tense of skjera "and" skjere; a mountain...

Definitions

  1. past tense of skjera "and" skjere; a mountain...

Ancestry of “skar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskarðnotch, hack; notch, chink, gap
2Proto-Germanicskardąnotch; nick
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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