Etymograph

English

skypan

From sky + pan.

A compound of sky + pan

Proto-Germanic *skiwô ‘cloud cover, haze’

Proto-Germanic *skiwją ‘cloud; sky’

Old Norse ský ‘cloud; (plural) sky’

Middle English sky ‘sky; cloud’

English sky

Proto-Germanic *pannǭ

Proto-West Germanic *pannā

Old English panne ‘pan’

Middle English panne ‘pan’

English pan

Today it means

noun A kind of large lamp with a parabolic reflector to diffuse the light.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “skypan”. 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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