Where does “skate” come from?

skate (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse skata, from Old Norse skade.

skate (Norwegian Nynorsk): a skate

Definitions

  1. a skate

Ancestry of “skate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskataskate
2Old Norseskade—

Words derived from “skate”

Every word from Old Norse skade →Every word from Old Norse skata →
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