Where does “sgiwen” come from?

sgiwen (Welsh) comes from English skua, from Faroese skúgvur, from Old Norse skúfr — great skua.

sgiwen (Welsh): skua

Definitions

  1. skua

Ancestry of “sgiwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskuaAny of various predatory seabirds of the family...
2Faroeseskúgvurgreat skua; tuft; the pyloric caeca of fish
3Old Norseskúfrgreat skua
Every word from Old Norse skúfr →Every word from Faroese skúgvur →Every word from English skua →