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Where does “skag-” come from?

skag- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)kek- — to jump, move; to shake, stir.

skag- (Proto-Germanic): to emerge, stick out, protrude; to emerge, stick...

Definitions

  1. to emerge, stick out, protrude; to emerge, stick...

Ancestry of “skag-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kek-to jump, move; to shake, stir

Words derived from “skag-”

  • shaggy
  • shag
  • shaw
  • shagged
  • Skegness
  • shagbark
  • shagginess
  • shaggily
  • shagger
  • shagpile
  • Skeggy
  • Audenshaw
  • shaggable
  • beshagged
  • shagadelic
  • Skeggers
  • shagtastic
  • sheepshagger
  • shagless
  • gangshag
  • shagaholic
  • shagfest
  • unshaggable
  • shaggability
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