Etymology

scaw

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Today it means: A wood or forest; a shaw. Full definition →

Middle English scogh ← Old Norse skógr ← Proto-Germanic *skōgaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skōgaz
  2. Old Norse · derived fromskógr
  3. Middle English · inherited fromscogh
  4. English todayscaw

From Middle English scogh, scough, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz. Compare Faroese skógur, Icelandic skógur, Swedish skog.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.