skive

skive · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skeuhaz“afraid, frightened”
2. Gothic · derived from*𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃“afraid, barefaced”
3. East Germanic · derived from
4. Old French · derived fromeschiver
5. Spanish · derived fromesquivar“to avoid, reject, elude”
6. Middle French · derived fromesquiver“to escape”
7. French · derived fromesquiver“slink away”
8. English todayskive

Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”), from Middle French esquiver (“to escape”), from Spanish esquivar (“to avoid, reject, elude”), from esquivo (“contemptuous, loathsome”), itself from Old French eschiver, of East Germanic origin, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs, “afraid, barefaced”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“afraid, frightened”). Cognate with English shy, eschew.

skive · noun, verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skībǭ“a shaving; slice”
2. Dutch · derived fromschijf“slice”
3. English todayskive

Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ (“a shaving; slice”). Cognate to English shive, German Scheibe (“slice”), Old Norse skífa (“to cut into slices, slice”).

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