scheef
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sxeːf/
adj
Definitions
- crooked, not level or straight
- (informal) weird, not right
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch scheyff inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (crooked) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwo-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skeh₂iwo-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scaevius Latin
- scaevus Latin
- Schieflage German
- schief German
- schiefgehen German
- schieflachen German
- schiefliegen German
- huren Dutch, Flemish
- scheefhuren Dutch, Flemish
- scheefhuurder Dutch, Flemish
- σκαιός Ancient Greek
- *skeh₂iwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweyn- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaibaz Proto-Germanic
- skeifr Old Norse
- skæv Danish
- σκαιός Greek (modern)
- scheyff Middle Dutch
- skeef Afrikaans
- schief Middle High German
- schif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
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