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Where does “Scheibe” come from?

Scheibe (German) comes from Proto-Germanic skif-, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Scheibe (German): disc; pane; slice

Definitions

  1. disc; pane; slice

Ancestry of “Scheibe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskif-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskeyt-to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “Scheibe”

  • шайба
  • Autoscheibe
  • scheibenförmig
  • Heckscheibe
  • Kniescheibe
  • Zeitscheibe
  • Fensterscheibe
  • Bremsscheibe
  • Glasscheibe
  • Schaufensterscheibe
  • scheibchenförmig
  • Scheibenwischer
  • Zeitschlitz
  • scheibchenweise
  • Scheibchen
  • szyba
  • шајба
  • šajba
  • şayba
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