Where does “scheyff” come from?

scheyff (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic skaibaz, from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo-.

Ancestry of “scheyff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskaibazcrooked
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂iwo-—

Words derived from “scheyff”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaibaz →
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