Where does “skarfr” come from?

skarfr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skarf-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- — to stumble.

skarfr (Old Norse): cormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)

Definitions

  1. cormorant, shag (bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)

Ancestry of “skarfr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskarf-—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)gʷʰh₂el-to stumble

Words derived from “skarfr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skarf- →