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Where does “skag” come from?

skag (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse skagi, from Proto-Germanic skagô.

skag (Westrobothnian): a bare and open or protruding place; headland;...

Definitions

  1. a bare and open or protruding place; headland;...

Ancestry of “skag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskagilow cape, ness; inflection of skaga: ##...
2Proto-Germanicskagô—
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