ski
‘snowshoe, stick of wood’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. she, skee < Norw. ski < O.Nor. skið ‘long snowshoe’ < O.E. scid ‘stick of wood’ < E. shide ‘piece of wood split off from timber’ < O.H.G. skit < G. scheit ‘log’ < Proto-G. skid- ‘to divide, split’ < skee < skei- < Tamil kappu