scheren
Middle English
/ˈʃɛːrən/
verb
Definitions
- To cut; to slash or slice with a blade or sharp edge:
- To split up; to share out or disunite.
- To leave or walk away; to make one's departure.
- To make an sign or mark on something, especially via indentation.
- (rare) To work or craft a metal object.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sċieran (cut) inherited from *skeran inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (shear, shave, cut).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skeraną
Gloss
shear, shave, cut
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- shearing English
- shearling English
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *skeraną Proto-Germanic
- bescieran Old English
- scear Old English
- scieran Old English
- sċieran Old English
- scherer Middle English
- scherling Middle English
- scheryng Middle English
- sheren Middle English
- skera Old Norse
- giskirri Old High German
- sceran Old High German
- scuren Old High German
- scāri Old High German
- skeran Old High German
- *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *skeran gmw-pro
- *skāri Old Dutch
- skeran Old Dutch
- skeran Old Saxon
- *skeran Frankish
- skera Old Frisian
- *skirnjan lng