Skerry
/ˈskɛri/noun
A small rocky island or reef, especially one in a group.
Did you know?Skerry comes from Old Norse, the language of seafarers who named countless dangerous rocks and islands, and it survives in place-names across Scotland and Scandinavia.
Etymological Timeline
Old Norse
ON
sker
“a rock in the sea; a reef”
Middle English
ME
skerry
“a small rocky island or reef”
Modern English
English
skerry
“a small rocky island or reef, especially one in a group”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to cut, separate”