skegg

Faroese

/ʃɛkː/

noun

Definitions

beard

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse skegg (beard) derived from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (stem, beard) 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

*(s)keg- Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kek- Proto-Indo-European
skjegg Norwegian Bokmål
*skag- Proto-Germanic
*skaggiją Proto-Germanic
*skagją Proto-Germanic
*skakaną Proto-Germanic
skägg Swedish
skjegg Norwegian Nynorsk
sceacgede Old English
skegg Old Norse
skæg Danish
skegg Icelandic