English
Preston-under-Scar
Preston-under-Scar comes from Old Norse sker ‘rock’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skarjąreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350sker‘rock’
- EnglishtodayPreston-under-Scar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skarjąreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350sker‘rock’
- EnglishtodayPreston-under-Scar
The story
"Scar" is from Old Norse sker (‘rock’); see scar.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
short, across, cross, share, card, cancer, screen, shirt, score, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, circus, skirt, circulation, curb, shrine, carnival, scrutiny, scare, cancellation, circa, scarf, corona, crest, shear, shred, raffle, circulate, scorpion, corolla, carnage, crux, incarceration, scorn, shrewd, cirque, carcinoma, riddance, 120 more
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0791).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / Preston-under-Scar