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==Etymology== The word ''sky'' comes from the [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|sky}}, meaning 'cloud, abode of [[God]]'. The Norse term is also the source of the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|scēo}}, which shares the same [[Indo-European]] base as the classical [[Latin]] {{lang|la|obscūrus}}, meaning 'obscure'. In Old English, the term ''[[heaven]]'' was used to describe the observable expanse above the earth. During the period of [[Middle English]], "heaven" began shifting toward its current, religious meaning.<ref>{{Cite OED|sky, n.1}}</ref>
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