Etymology

skyf

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Today it means: A cigarette. Full definition →

Afrikaans skyf ← Dutch schijf ← Proto-Germanic *skībǭ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skībǭ
  2. Dutch · derived fromschijf
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed fromskyf“a slice; disk”
  4. English todayskyf

From Afrikaans skyf (“a slice; disk”), from Dutch schijf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ. Doublet of shive and skive.

Words from the same roots

Dutchschijf all →

skiveskiver

Proto-Germanic*skībǭ all →

shiveskive

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.