skarpr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, whence also Old English sċearp, Old Frisian skerp, skarp, Old Saxon skarp, Old Dutch skarp, Old High German scarf. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Descendants
References
- skarpr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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