When you hear 'skerry' are you hearing English or Scandinavian?

'Skerry' is a word borrowed from Scandinavian 'sker'. The word entered the English language some time around 1612.

skerry [noun] [1612]

A rocky isle - reef

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Etymology: Scots (Shetland and Orkney islands), ultimately from Old Norse 'skerj-, sker' rocky islet

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