scaa

Manx

/skeː/

noun
Definitions
  • shield
  • shadow, shade
  • shyness, timidity
  • cover, hood
  • screen
  • shadiness
  • fence, fencing
  • guise, pretence
  • apparition, ghost
  • a thin, meek or feeble person

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish scáth (shadow, spectre, shade, reflexion) inherited from Proto-Celtic *skātom (shadow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skot-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*skot-

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