Where does “skeiv” come from?

skeiv (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse skeifr, from Proto-Germanic skaibaz, from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo-.

skeiv (Norwegian Nynorsk): slanting, crooked, askew, oblique not straight

Definitions

  1. slanting, crooked, askew, oblique not straight

Ancestry of “skeiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskeifraskew, oblique; awry, difficult
2Proto-Germanicskaibazcrooked
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂iwo-—

Words derived from “skeiv”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaibaz →Every word from Old Norse skeifr →