skive
English
/ˈskaɪv/
verb
Definitions
- (British) To avoid one's lessons or work chiefly at school or university; shirk.
Etymology
Derived from French esquiver (dodge, duck, evade, slip away, slink away, elude, sidestep) derived from Middle French esquiver (escape) derived from Spanish, Castilian esquivar (avoid, elude, reject) derived from Old French eschiver (shun, dread, avoid) derived from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (barefaced, afraid) derived from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (shy, frightened, reserved, afraid, odious, fearful).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skeuhaz
Gloss
shy, frightened, reserved, afraid, odious, fearful
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cockshy English
- esquivalience English
- gun-shy English
- gunshy English
- love-shy English
- nonshy English
- shieth English
- shily English
- shiness English
- shy English
- shybie English
- shyful English
- shying English
- shyish English
- shyly English
- shyness English
- skiver English
- unshy English
- workshy English
- esquiver French
- esquivar Spanish, Castilian
- esquivo Spanish, Castilian
- *skeuhaz Proto-Germanic
- シャイ Japanese
- sċēoh Old English
- shy Middle English
- eschiver Old French
- *skiuh Old High German
- schiech Middle High German
- schiuch, schie, schiuhe, schiehe, schiech, schūche Middle High German
- esquiver Middle French
- *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *skiuhan gmw-pro
- esquivo Old Portuguese
- *keühä Proto-Finnic
- schūwe Middle Low German
- *sciuh Frankish
- *skiuhan Frankish
- *skiā Old Frisian