skör
Icelandic
noun
Definitions
- an edge
- a ship's side
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sker (skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea).
Origin
Old Norse
sker
Gloss
skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alongshore English
- ashore English
- backshore English
- dogshore English
- foreshore English
- lakeshore English
- nearshore English
- noshore English
- offshore English
- onshore English
- outshore English
- seashore English
- shorage English
- shore English
- shorebird English
- shorebound English
- shored English
- shoreface English
- shorefish English
- shorefront English
- shoregoing English
- shoreland English
- shorelark English
- shoreless English
- shorelike English
- shoreline English
- shorepound English
- shorer English
- shoreside English
- shoreward English
- shorewards English
- shoreweed English
- shory English
- skerry English
- upshore English
- scheer Dutch, Flemish
- шхера Russian
- *skarją Proto-Germanic
- skär Swedish
- skärgård Swedish
- skärpiplärka Swedish
- skärsnäppa Swedish
- szkier Polish
- skjer Norwegian Nynorsk
- schore Middle English
- sceir Irish
- sker Old Norse
- skær Old Norse
- skær Danish
- skærgård Danish
- ŝero Esperanto
- sker Icelandic
- sgeir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sker Faroese
- schēre, schēr(e) Middle Low German
- skær Old Swedish
- stjer Westrobothnian
- skerry Scots