Etymograph

English

Skysweeper

From sky + sweeper.

A compound of sky + sweeper

Proto-Germanic *skiwô ‘cloud cover, haze’

Proto-Germanic *skiwją ‘cloud; sky’

Old Norse ský ‘cloud; (plural) sky’

Middle English sky ‘sky; cloud’

English sky

Middle English swepere

English sweeper

Today it means

noun A kind of anti-aircraft gun used in the mid-20th century.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Skysweeper