skæv
Danish
/ˈskɛːˀv/
adj
Definitions
- oblique, slanting
- wry, skew, cockeyed
- lopsided, one-sided, distorted
- unequal
- stoned, high
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse skeifr (awry, difficult) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (crooked).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skaibaz
Gloss
crooked
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scaife English
- askew English
- deskew English
- skew English
- skewable English
- skewback English
- skewly English
- skewness English
- skewon English
- unskew English
- Schieflage German
- schief German
- schiefgehen German
- schieflachen German
- schiefliegen German
- scheef Dutch, Flemish
- scheefhuren Dutch, Flemish
- *skeh₂iwo- Proto-Indo-European
- skeiv Norwegian Bokmål
- skjev Norwegian Bokmål
- *skaibaz Proto-Germanic
- skeiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- skeuen Middle English
- skeifr Old Norse
- scheyff Middle Dutch
- skeef Afrikaans
- schief Middle High German
- schif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skaiv Gutnish