Where does “schroef” come from?

schroef (Dutch) comes from Middle French escroue, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

schroef (Dutch): screw; A ship's propeller; An Archimedes screw

Definitions

  1. screw; A ship's propeller; An Archimedes screw

Ancestry of “schroef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchescrouepiece, strip (of something)
2Old Frenchescroepiece, strip (of something)
3Latinscrofasow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “schroef”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →