Where does โ€œesquivoโ€ come from?

esquivo (Spanish) comes from Old French eschiver, from Gothic ๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œท๐ƒ, from Proto-Germanic skeuhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewkรณs.

esquivo (Spanish): disdainful; rough; unsociable, elusive, evasive

Definitions

  1. disdainful; rough; unsociable, elusive, evasive

Ancestry of โ€œesquivoโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschiverto escape; to flee; to avoid; to refuse to deny
2Gothic๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œท๐ƒafraid, barefaced
3Proto-Germanicskeuhazfrightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewkรณsโ€”

Words derived from โ€œesquivoโ€

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewkรณs โ†’Every word from Proto-Germanic skeuhaz โ†’Every word from Gothic ๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œท๐ƒ โ†’
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