shaw
English
/ʃɔː/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
- (Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sċeaga, sceaga.
Origin
Old English
sċeaga, sceaga
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bradshaw English
- broad English
- fern English
- fernshaw English
- skau Norwegian Bokmål
- skog Norwegian Bokmål
- *skōgaz Proto-Germanic
- skog Norwegian Nynorsk
- brād Old English
- sċeaga, sceaga Old English
- skógr Old Norse
- skov Danish
- skovjordbær Danish
- skovtur Danish
- skógur Icelandic
- skógur Faroese
- skogher Old Swedish
- skogher, skōgher Old Swedish
- skojj Westrobothnian
- skogh Old Danish