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”).

Adjective

skarpr (comparative skarpari, superlative skarpastr)

sharp

Descendants

Danish: skarp
Faroese: skarpur
Icelandic: skarpur
Norwegian Bokmål: skarp
Norwegian Nynorsk: skarp
Swedish: skarp

References

skarpr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.