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Where does “schu” come from?

schu (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *skiuhi, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī.

Ancestry of “schu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*skiuhi—
2Proto-West Germanic*skiuhī—

Words derived from “schu”

  • kopschuw
  • schuw
  • sku
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī →