Where does “skrue” come from?
skrue (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German schrūve, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
Ancestry of “skrue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | schrūve | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |