Where does “ylfskr” come from?

ylfskr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

ylfskr (Old Norse): wolfish, treacherous

Definitions

  1. wolfish, treacherous

Ancestry of “ylfskr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-skr-ish
2Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Old Norse -skr →