Where does “skúa” come from?

skúa (Spanish) comes from Faroese skúgvur, from Old Norse skúfr — great skua.

skúa (Spanish): great skua, "Stercorarius skua"/"Catharacta skua"

Definitions

  1. great skua, "Stercorarius skua"/"Catharacta skua"

Ancestry of “skúa”, step by step

skúa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese skúgvur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskúgvurgreat skua; tuft; the pyloric caeca of fish
2Old Norseskúfrgreat skua

via Faroese skúvur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseskúvur—
Every word from Old Norse skúfr →Every word from Faroese skúgvur →