schaven
Middle English
/ˈʃaːvən/
verb
Definitions
- To scrape or scratch, especially into pieces:
- To razor hair; to use a unpaired blade to cut hair:
- To dice or chop off; to eliminate by cutting.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sċafan (scrape, shave, polish, shred) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skabaną (scratch, scrape).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skabaną
Gloss
scratch, scrape
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- shaver English
- *skabʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skabaną Proto-Germanic
- ascafan Old English
- scafan Old English
- sċafan Old English
- schaver Middle English
- schavynge Middle English
- shaven Middle English
- skafa Old Norse
- skava Old Norse
- skaban Old High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- kaapima Estonian
- *scavan Old Dutch
- *skavan Old Dutch
- *kaapidak Proto-Finnic
- skavan Old Saxon
- *skaban Frankish
- chavo Romani