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Where does “skim” come from?

skim (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic skimaz.

Ancestry of “skim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskimaz—

Words derived from “skim”

  • schim
  • schimmenrijk
  • hersenschim
  • schimmig
  • schem
  • schim
Every word from Proto-Germanic skimaz →