shag
English
/ʃæɡ/
noun
Definitions
- Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- Coarse shredded tobacco.
- A type of rough carpet pile.
- (UK) Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
- (UK) A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *schagge inherited from Old English sċeacga (wool, hair) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skag- (emerge, stick out, protrude, project) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (shake, stir).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kek-
Gloss
shake, stir
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bark English
- gang English
- gangshag English
- pile English
- shagadelic English
- shagaholic English
- shagbark English
- shagfest English
- shaggability English
- shaggable English
- shagger English
- shaggily English
- shagginess English
- shaggy English
- shagless English
- shagpile English
- shagtastic English
- sheepshagger English
- unshaggable English
- shag Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)keg- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kek- Proto-Indo-European
- skjegg Norwegian Bokmål
- *skag- Proto-Germanic
- *skaggiją Proto-Germanic
- *skaggô Proto-Germanic
- *skagją Proto-Germanic
- *skakaną Proto-Germanic
- skägg Swedish
- skäggbarn Swedish
- skäggbiff Swedish
- skäggdopping Swedish
- skäggmes Swedish
- skäggtärna Swedish
- skaga Norwegian Nynorsk
- skage Norwegian Nynorsk
- skjegg Norwegian Nynorsk
- sceacga Old English
- sceaga Old English
- sċeacga Old English
- *schagge Middle English
- skaga Old Norse
- skegg Old Norse
- skæg Danish
- skægget Danish
- skægstub Danish
- skegg Icelandic
- skegg Faroese
- *skagō gmw-pro