Where does “sev” come from?

sev (Tok Pisin) comes from English shave, from Middle English shave, from Old English sceafa, from Proto-Germanic skaubaz — bundle, sheaf.

sev (Tok Pisin): shave; to shave

Definitions

  1. shave; to shave

Ancestry of “sev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshaveTo make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a...
2Middle EnglishshaveA tool used for filing, shaving, or abrasion;...
3Old Englishsceafashave (tool), plane, paring knife
4Proto-Germanicskaubazbundle, sheaf
Every word from Proto-Germanic skaubaz →Every word from Old English sceafa →Every word from Middle English shave →
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