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-

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