skim
Afrikaans
/skəm/
noun
Definitions
- A shade, a shadow, a spectre.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish schim (shadow) inherited from Middle Dutch schim inherited from Old Dutch *skim inherited from Proto-Germanic *skimaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skimaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hersenschim Dutch, Flemish
- schim Dutch, Flemish
- schimmenrijk Dutch, Flemish
- schimmenspel Dutch, Flemish
- schimmig Dutch, Flemish
- *skimaz Proto-Germanic
- schim Middle Dutch
- *skim Old Dutch