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Where does “skirzijaną” come from?

skirzijaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skirzijaną (Proto-Germanic): to shoo, scare off

Definitions

  1. to shoo, scare off

Ancestry of “skirzijaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “skirzijaną”

  • scared
  • sheer
  • scare
  • scary
  • scarecrow
  • scarily
  • unscared
  • scariness
  • sheerness
  • scarer
  • scaremonger
  • scarest
  • ascared
  • unscary
  • scaredness
  • scareth
  • semisheer
  • scaredly
  • scarecrowlike
  • scaresome
  • scarecrowish
  • nonscary
  • scarefest
  • ultrasheer
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