luskati

luskát' `peel, shell, pod' [verb];

lúskat' `peel, shell, pod' [verb]

ljȕskati (dial.) `peel, shell, pod' [verb]

l'úskam (dial.) `peel, shell, pod' [verb]

làuskāt² `flake, peel' [Nompf ā]

luská (Da l') `skin, peel, chaff' [f ā]

luska (obs.) `pod, husk' [f ā]

ljȕska `shell, pod, scale (of fish, reptiles)' [f ā];

lȕska (arch.) `skin, shell, pod, scale (of fish), splinter' [f ā];

Čak. lūskȁ (Orbanići) `splinter' [f ā], lūskȍ [Accs]

Comments: According to Vaillant, * luska is derived from the verb * luskati < * lup-sk-ati (< * loup-). Though the accentuation of several forms is in conflict with this etymology, its is nevertheless an attractive solution. The East Latvian form làuskas² may very well differ etymologically from laûska `something broken, potsherd, splinter, the breaker (personification of frost)', which clearly derive from laûzt `break'. This raises the question to what extent *louǵ-sk- may be present in Slavic.