Where does “skeran” come from?

skeran (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic skeran, from Proto-Germanic skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- — to caw, crow.

skeran (Old Saxon): to cut, to shear

Definitions

  1. to cut, to shear

Ancestry of “skeran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskeranto shear, to cut
2Proto-Germanicskeranąto shear
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeraną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skeran →
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