Etymology

shive

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Today it means: A slice, especially of bread. Full definition →

Middle English schyve ← Proto-West Germanic *skībā ← Proto-Germanic *skībǭ
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shive · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited from*sċīfe
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skībǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skībā
  4. Middle English · inherited fromschyve
  5. English todayshive

A parallel form of sheave, from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably through an Old English *sċīfe (though it is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice”)), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).

shive · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skibō-
  2. Middle English · inherited fromschyfe
  3. English todayshive

From Middle English schyfe, schyffe, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with German Schäbe, Dutch scheef, and Low German Schääv, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’. The expected pronunciation would be /ʃɪv/; the pronunciation /ʃaɪv/ is probably due to the combined influence of Etymology 1 and the spelling.

shive · noun3

Variant of shiv.

shive · noun4

See shiva

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skībǭ all →

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