Where does “skimo” come from?

skimo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skīmō, from Proto-Germanic skīmô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeyh₁- — to shimmer; shadow; to shimmer.

skimo (Old Dutch): shine, sparkle

Definitions

  1. shine, sparkle

Ancestry of “skimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skīmō—
2Proto-Germanicskīmôshine; luminescence; light; lamp
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeyh₁-to shimmer; shadow; to shimmer

Words derived from “skimo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skīmô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skīmō →