ski

Meanings

Noun

  • One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
  • One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.

Verb

  • To move on skis.
  • To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), .

Origin

  • From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (Modern English shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit).

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