Where does βskiverβ come from?
skiver (English) comes from English skive, from French esquiver, from Middle French esquiver, from Spanish esquivar, from Spanish esquivo, from Old French eschiver, from Gothic ππΊπΉπΏπ·π, from Proto-Germanic skeuhaz.
skiver (English): A slacker; A truant; one who is absent without...
Definitions
- A slacker; A truant; one who is absent without...
Ancestry of βskiverβ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | skive | To avoid one's lessons or work ; shirk; Something... |
| 2 | French | esquiver | to dodge , duck; to evade, elude; to sidestep, to... |
| 3 | Middle French | esquiver | to escape |
| 4 | Spanish | esquivar | to dodge, to duck, to evade; to avoid, to bypass,... |
| 5 | Spanish | esquivo | disdainful; rough; unsociable, elusive, evasive |
| 6 | Old French | eschiver | to escape; to flee; to avoid; to refuse to deny |
| 7 | Gothic | ππΊπΉπΏπ·π | afraid, barefaced |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skeuhaz | frightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skewkΓ³s | β |