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Where does “skiuhan” come from?

skiuhan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic skiuhijaną — to frighten.

skiuhan (Frankish): to dread, shun, avoid; to dread; to avoid, shun;...

Definitions

  1. to dread, shun, avoid; to dread; to avoid, shun;...

Ancestry of “skiuhan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskiuhijanąto frighten

Words derived from “skiuhan”

  • eschew
  • eschewal
  • skiver
  • skiving
  • skive
  • skeevy
  • eschewer
  • eschewment
  • skeevies
  • umbeschew
  • skeeve
  • esquivo
  • esquivar
  • esquiva
  • schifo
  • schivata
  • schivafatiche
  • schifoso
  • schifare
  • schifosaggine
  • schifosità
  • schivare
  • schifiltà
  • schifiltoso
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