English
ski
Ski comes from Old Norse skíð ‘stick of wood, snowshoe’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut, split’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skey-‘to cut, split’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skīdą‘stick’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350skíð‘stick of wood, snowshoe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990ski
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skey-‘to cut, split’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skīdą‘stick’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350skíð‘stick of wood, snowshoe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990ski
Earliest quotation: 1990, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide: “Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut, split’
nice, science, ship, equipment, scientific, shift, shed, conscious, kyle, shin, squire, skip, sheath, scuttle, prescient, chine, skeet, scullery, skein, skiff, 44 more
through Proto-Germanic *skīdą ‘stick’
through Old Norse skíð ‘stick of wood, snowshoe’
Today it means
noun One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skey- / ski