Skyward
/ˈskaɪ.wəd/noun
Directed toward the sky or upward.
Did you know?The first element, sky, comes from Old Norse ský meaning “cloud,” so the word originally points upward through the cloud-layer rather than to the cosmic heavens.
Etymological Timeline
Old Norse
ON
ský
“cloud”
Middle English
English
sky
“cloud; later the visible heavens”
Old English
OE
weard
“toward; in the direction of; guarding, keeping”
Middle English
English
skyward
“toward the sky”
Modern English
English
skyward
“directed upward or toward the sky”