skör

Swedish

adj

Definitions

frail, brittle, fragile, weak
(obsolete) weak in moral, immoral, light-minded, frivolous, unchaste, whorish

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish skør derived from Low German schör (weak, fragile) derived from Proto-Germanic *skuriz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skuriz

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

schorl English
Schörl German
*skuriz Proto-Germanic
levnad Swedish
skörlevnad Swedish
skør Old Swedish
schör Low German