Where does “skarð” come from?

skarð (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skardą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skarð (Old Norse): notch, hack; notch, chink, gap

Definitions

  1. notch, hack; notch, chink, gap

Ancestry of “skarð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskardąnotch; nick
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “skarð”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skardą →