skata.
ray, skate (fish)
Meaning & usage
ray, skate (fish)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse skata, derivative of Old Norse skade (“top, cliff, tree top”; compare Swedish: skate, skati, “tip, top, tree top”), probably more directly “shoot” (protuberance), referencing their long tails. The word is possibly related to Old Norse skot, skut (“shoot”), or to skaði (“damage”), or even Old English sċeadd (modern English shad), but the ultimate origin of both is obscure. Direct cognates includes: Norwegian skate, English skate. The Old Norse word, skata, also gave name to the animal magpie, referencing their long tails: Old Danish skathæ, Danish skade, Norwegian Nynorsk skata, Old Swedish skata, Swedish skata.
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