Where does “sku” come from?
sku (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu, from Old Dutch *skiuhi, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī.
sku (Afrikaans): shy
Ancestry of “sku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | schuw | shy of humans, wild; shy, unsociable |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schu | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | *skiuhi | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skiuhī | — |