Where does βskivingβ come from?
skiving (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.
skiving (English): present participle of skive; A piece made in...
Definitions
- present participle of skive; A piece made in...
Ancestry of βskivingβ, 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 |