skær
Danish
/skɛːˀr/
noun
Definitions
- gleam, glimmer, glow a weak light from a celestial body or a light source
- tinge a tone of a color
- (metaphorically) tinge, touch with a small addition of something
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse skær.
Origin
Old Norse
skær
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semisheer English
- sheer English
- sheerly English
- sheerness English
- skerry English
- supersheer English
- ultrasheer English
- шхера Russian
- *skīriz Proto-Germanic
- skär Swedish
- skärgård Swedish
- skärpiplärka Swedish
- skärsnäppa Swedish
- szkier Polish
- shere Middle English
- sker Old Norse
- skær Old Norse
- gård Danish
- skærgård Danish
- skær Icelandic
- skör Icelandic
- sgeir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- skær Old Swedish