Where does “skurd” come from?

skurd (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse skurðr, from Proto-Germanic skurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kr̥(H)tís.

skurd (Norwegian Nynorsk): cutting, carving

Definitions

  1. cutting, carving

Ancestry of “skurd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskurðr—
2Proto-Germanicskurdizcutting, shearing
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kr̥(H)tís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kr̥(H)tís →Every word from Proto-Germanic skurdiz →Every word from Old Norse skurðr →