skava
Norwegian Nynorsk
/²skɑːʋɑ/
verb
Definitions
- to scrape, whittle, cut something finely, e.g. bark off a tree
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse skafa.
Origin
Old Norse
skafa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftershave English
- drawshave English
- inshave English
- preshave English
- reshave English
- shave English
- shaveable English
- shavee English
- shavegrass English
- shavehook English
- shaveless English
- shaveling English
- shaver English
- shavest English
- shavetail English
- shaveth English
- spokeshave English
- *skabaną Proto-Germanic
- shaven Middle English
- skafa Old Norse
- skafa Icelandic
- siafio Welsh
- skava Old Swedish
- skava Westrobothnian
- skäva Westrobothnian
- sev Tok Pisin
- shefa Swati
- tjhefa South Ndebele