< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skeuhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *skuhuz, (earlier) *skuhwuz
  • *skuguz, (earlier) *skugwuz; *skugwijaz (North Germanic)

Etymology

Further origin unknown; assumed to be from pre-Germanic *skéwkos. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, *skūbʰ- (to push, drive, move forward) or *(s)kewH- (to cover, hide).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskeu̯.xɑz/

Adjective

*skeuhaz

  1. frightened
  2. shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved; cautious
  3. abominable; odious; loathsome; vile

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *skiuhijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skeuh
    • Old English: sċēoh
      • Middle English: sceouh, skey, schey
        • English: shy
        • Scots: skeich, skiech, skick
    • Old Frisian: *skiāch, *skiā
      • Saterland Frisian: skjou
      • West Frisian: skou
    • Old High German: *skioh
    • Old French: eschif, eschiu
  • Old Norse: *skyggr (< *skugjaz)
  • Gothic: *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs)
  • Proto-Finnic: *keühä (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 897
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.