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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

sky †cloud; the vault of heaven, the firmament. XIII. — ON. ský cloud (:- *skiuja) rel. to OE. sċēo, OS. skio (:- *skeuw-) and OE. sċuwa, OHG. scuwo, ON. skuggi shade, shadow, Goth. skuggwa mirror (:- *skuwwan-). Comp. skylark XVII.

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