scheer
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sxeːr/
noun
Definitions
- skerry small rocky island
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sker (skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea).
Origin
Old Norse
sker
Gloss
skerry, rock in the sea, an isolated rock in the sea
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- skerry English
- krab Dutch, Flemish
- krabbenscheer Dutch, Flemish
- nl Dutch, Flemish
- schaar Dutch, Flemish
- *skarją Proto-Germanic
- skjer Norwegian Nynorsk
- sceir Irish
- sker Old Norse
- ŝero Esperanto
- sker Icelandic
- skör Icelandic
- sgeir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sker Faroese
- schēre, schēr(e) Middle Low German
- stjer Westrobothnian
- skerry Scots