Etymograph

English

skiplane

From ski + plane.

A compound of ski + plane

Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut, split’

Proto-Germanic *skīdą ‘stick’

Old Norse skíð ‘stick of wood, snowshoe’

English ski

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós

Proto-Italic *plānos

Latin plānus ‘plain’

Latin plānum ‘flat surface’

English plane

Today it means

noun An aircraft with skis for landing on snow or ice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “skiplane”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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