Where does “sku” come from?

sku (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu, from Old Dutch *skiuhi, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī — frightened, shy.

sku (Afrikaans): shy

Definitions

  1. shy

Ancestry of “sku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschuwshy of humans, wild; shy, unsociable
2Middle Dutchschu—
3Old Dutch*skiuhi—
4Proto-West Germanic*skiuhīfrightened, shy
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī →Every word from Old Dutch *skiuhi →Every word from Middle Dutch schu →