See also: sky, Skye, Sky, SKY, -sky, and -ský

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (cloud, cloud cover), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (to cover, conceal).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ský n (genitive singular skýs, nominative plural ský)

  1. cloud

Declension edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *skiwją (cloud, cloud cover; sky), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (to cover, conceal).

Pronunciation edit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈskyː/

Noun edit

ský n (genitive skýs, plural ský)

  1. cloud
  2. (in the plural) sky

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: ský (cloud)
  • Faroese: skýggj (cloud)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sky f (cloud)
  • Old Swedish: skȳ (cloud, sky)
    • Swedish: sky (sky, heaven)
  • Old Danish: sky
    • Danish: sky (cloud)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sky m or f (cloud)
  • Middle English: sky, skie, ske (cloud, sky)