skaw

See also: Skaw

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, from Icelandic skagi (“peninsula, promontory”).[1] Also related to Icelandic skaga (“to protrude, to jut out”).

Noun

skaw (plural skaws)

  1. A promontory.

References
  1. Ferguson, R. (1873). The Dialect of Cumberland. United Kingdom: Williams and Norgate, p. 202

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], related to Welsh ysgaw, Middle Breton scau, modern Breton skav, but of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *skātu (“shadow”), which gave the similar Middle Welsh ysgawd (“shade”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [skaˑʊ]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [skæˑʊ]

Noun

skaw pl (singulative skawen)

  1. elder trees

Derived terms
  • Enys Skaw (“Tresco”)
  • gwin skaw (“elderberry wine”)
  • skaw dowr (“guelder rose”)
  • yrin skaw (“elderberries”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skato”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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