Where does “sċeard” come from?

sċeard (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skardą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

sċeard (Old English): a broken piece; shard; gap, cut, notch

Definitions

  1. a broken piece; shard; gap, cut, notch

Ancestry of “sċeard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskardąnotch; nick
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “sċeard”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skardą →