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Where does “skeuhaz” come from?

skeuhaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skewkós.

skeuhaz (Proto-Germanic): frightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;...

Definitions

  1. frightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;...

Ancestry of “skeuhaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskewkós—

Words derived from “skeuhaz”

  • shy
  • shyness
  • shyly
  • shying
  • shies
  • shyer
  • skiver
  • skiving
  • skive
  • skeevy
  • workshy
  • cockshy
  • shily
  • gunshy
  • shiness
  • unshy
  • nonshy
  • shyish
  • workshyness
  • unshyly
  • skeevies
  • gun-shy
  • shieth
  • love-shy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewkós →