Where does “skjørbuk” come from?

skjørbuk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin scorbutus, from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus — scurvy.

skjørbuk (Norwegian Nynorsk): scurvy

Definitions

  1. scurvy

Ancestry of “skjørbuk”, step by step

skjørbuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin scorbutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscorbutusscurvy
2Frenchscorbutscurvy
3Late Latinscorbutusscurvy

via Middle Low German schorbuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschorbuk—
2Old Norseskyrbjúgrscurvy
Every word from Late Latin scorbutus →Every word from French scorbut →Every word from Latin scorbutus →
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