skêr
Afrikaans
/skɛːr/
noun
Definitions
- scissors
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish schaar (scissors, ploughshare, pair of scissors) inherited from Middle Dutch scare inherited from Old Dutch *skāri.
Origin
Old Dutch
*skāri
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aalschaar Dutch, Flemish
- betonschaar Dutch, Flemish
- draadschaar Dutch, Flemish
- krabbenscheer Dutch, Flemish
- ploegschaar Dutch, Flemish
- schaar Dutch, Flemish
- schaarverrekijker Dutch, Flemish
- scare Middle Dutch
- *skeran gmw-pro
- *skāri Old Dutch
- isikere Xhosa
- skèr Papiamentu