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Where does “skeraną” come from?

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

skeraną (Proto-Germanic): to shear

Definitions

  1. to shear

Ancestry of “skeraną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow

Words derived from “skeraną”

  • shear
  • scorn
  • scornful
  • shearing
  • scornfully
  • shorn
  • shears
  • unshorn
  • scorner
  • shearer
  • shearwater
  • shearling
  • sheepshearing
  • scorneth
  • scornfulness
  • scornest
  • skyr
  • shearable
  • megashear
  • shearwall
  • scorny
  • sheepshearer
  • feldscher
  • nonshearable
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