Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “skeran”
123 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic skeran — including shear, shearing, shorn, shears, unshorn, shearer, shearwater, shearling.
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English (44)
- shear
- shearing
- shorn
- shears
- unshorn
- shearer
- shearwater
- shearling
- sheepshearing
- shearable
- megashear
- shearwall
- sheepshearer
- nonshearable
- sheareth
- shearability
- shearless
- scherenschnitte
- shearlike
- preshear
- nonshearing
- shearfree
- shearline
- shearest
- shearbill
- sheartail
- shear centre
- shear wall
- shearlet
- magnetoshear
- scissor binoculars
- shearotactic
- guillotine shears
- hydroshear
- hydroshearing
- microshear
- reshear
- shearotactically
- shearotaxis
- squaring shear
- unshornness
- woolshearer
- woolshearing
- woolshears