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Where does “skeran” come from?

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

skeran (Proto-West Germanic): to shear, to cut

Definitions

  1. to shear, to cut

Ancestry of “skeran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskeranąto shear
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow

Words derived from “skeran”

  • shear
  • shearing
  • shorn
  • shears
  • unshorn
  • shearer
  • shearwater
  • shearling
  • sheepshearing
  • shearable
  • megashear
  • shearwall
  • sheepshearer
  • feldscher
  • nonshearable
  • sheareth
  • shearability
  • shearless
  • scherenschnitte
  • preshear
  • shearlike
  • nonshearing
  • shearline
  • shearfree
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