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Dutch (Brabantic)
/sxiːr/
adv
Definitions
- (formal) almost
- (obsolete) quickly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch schiere inherited from Old Dutch *skīr inherited from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (pure, bright, sheer).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skīriz
Gloss
pure, bright, sheer
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semisheer English
- sheer English
- sheerly English
- sheerness English
- supersheer English
- ultrasheer English
- Schiermonnikoog Dutch, Flemish
- monnik Dutch, Flemish
- oog Dutch, Flemish
- шхера Russian
- *sḱēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *skīriz Proto-Germanic
- skär Swedish
- skärgård Swedish
- skärpiplärka Swedish
- skärsnäppa Swedish
- szkier Polish
- shere Middle English
- Skírnir Old Norse
- skírr Old Norse
- schiere Middle Dutch
- 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *skīr Old Dutch
- skīr Old Saxon
- skær Old Swedish