scathe
English
/skeɪð/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune; waste.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scathe inherited from Old English sceaþa inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (scathe, damage) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kēt- (harm, damage).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kēt-
Gloss
harm, damage
Concept
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Possession
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fire English
- ill English
- ill-scathe English
- scath English
- scathand English
- scathefire English
- scatheful English
- scathefulness English
- scathel English
- scatheless English
- scathelessness English
- scathely English
- scathy English
- skaith English
- Gesundheitsschaden German
- Kollateralschaden German
- Leberschaden German
- Lungenschaden German
- Schaden German
- Schadenfreude German
- Umweltschaden German
- schädlich German
- schaden Dutch, Flemish
- ἀσκηθής Ancient Greek
- *(s)kēt- Proto-Indo-European
- *sket- Proto-Indo-European
- *skamō Proto-Germanic
- *skaþô Proto-Germanic
- sceaþa Old English
- *scatheful Middle English
- scathe Middle English
- scathel Middle English
- scatheles Middle English
- scathi Middle English
- skathand Middle English
- skathlye Middle English
- skaða Old Norse
- skaði Old Norse
- skade Danish
- skadefro Danish
- skadelig Danish
- skaða Icelandic
- schaden Middle Dutch
- scado Old High German
- schaden Middle High German
- Schued Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skatho Old Dutch
- schāde Middle Low German
- skatho Old Saxon
- schade Alemannic German
- skaith Scots
- Schaad Low German
- Schaden Low German
- Schadenmaker Low German