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Where does “skōhaz” come from?

skōhaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

skōhaz (Proto-Germanic): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “skōhaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Words derived from “skōhaz”

  • shoes
  • shoe
  • Schubert
  • Schumann
  • shod
  • horseshoe
  • hoo
  • slipshod
  • shoestring
  • shoebox
  • roughshod
  • shoemaking
  • snowshoe
  • shoeshine
  • snowshoeing
  • Snowshoe
  • shoehorn
  • shoeblack
  • gumshoe
  • dryshod
  • overshoe
  • Muleshoe
  • Schubertian
  • shoeprint
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