Where does “skimo” come from?

skimo (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic skīmô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeyh₁- — to shimmer; shadow; to shimmer.

skimo (Old Saxon): shine; shimmer

Definitions

  1. shine; shimmer

Ancestry of “skimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskīmôshine; luminescence; light; lamp
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeyh₁-to shimmer; shadow; to shimmer

Words derived from “skimo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skīmô →
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