Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “skikka” come from?

skikka (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan.

Ancestry of “skikka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschicken—
2Old Saxon*skikkian—
3Proto-Germanic*skikkijan—

Words derived from “skikka”

  • skiikk
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan →