Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “skewkós”

111 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European skewkós — including shy, shyness, shyly, shying, shies, shyer, skiver, skiving.

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English (29)

Italian (14)

Finnish (11)

Portuguese (10)

German (9)

Dutch (5)

Danish (3)

Spanish (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Middle French (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Old English (2)

Old French (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Proto-Finnic (1)

French (1)

Gothic (1)

Frankish (1)

Galician (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle English (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)