Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “skiuva” come from?

skiuva (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse skjófa, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

skiuva (Old Swedish): to push, shove

Definitions

  1. to push, shove

Ancestry of “skiuva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskjófa—
2Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →