Where does “schyfe” come from?

schyfe (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic skibō-.

schyfe (Middle English): A splinter or fragment of the woody part of flax after beating

Definitions

  1. A splinter or fragment of the woody part of flax after beating

Ancestry of “schyfe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskibō-

Words derived from “schyfe

Every word from Proto-Germanic skibō-
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