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Where does “skopt” come from?

skopt (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skuftą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewp- — tuft, cluster, hair on the head.

skopt (Old Norse): lock of hair, hair from the head; hair of the...

Definitions

  1. lock of hair, hair from the head; hair of the...

Ancestry of “skopt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskuftąa bundle, hair
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kewp-tuft, cluster, hair on the head

Words derived from “skopt”

  • skott
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