scheu
German (Berlin)
/ʃɔʏ̯/
adjective
Definitions
- shy reserved
- shy, skittish, startlish easily frightened
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schiuch, schie, schiuhe, schiehe, schiech, schūche inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (shy, frightened, reserved, afraid, odious, fearful).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skeuhaz
Gloss
shy, frightened, reserved, afraid, odious, fearful
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cockshy English
- gun-shy English
- gunshy English
- love-shy English
- nonshy English
- shieth English
- shily English
- shiness English
- shy English
- shybie English
- shyful English
- shying English
- shyish English
- shyly English
- shyness English
- unshy English
- workshy English
- Kamera German
- Kontakt German
- Kopf German
- Medien German
- Risiko German
- kamerascheu German
- kontaktscheu German
- kopfscheu German
- medienscheu German
- risikoscheu German
- schüchter German
- kopschuw Dutch, Flemish
- schuchter Dutch, Flemish
- schuw Dutch, Flemish
- *skeuhaz Proto-Germanic
- シャイ Japanese
- sċēoh Old English
- shy Middle English
- afsky Danish
- sky Danish
- schu Middle Dutch
- *skiuh Old High German
- sku Afrikaans
- schiech Middle High German
- schiehe Middle High German
- schiuch Middle High German
- schiuch, schie, schiuhe, schiehe, schiech, schūche Middle High German
- schei Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *keühä Proto-Finnic
- schūwe Middle Low German
- schüüch Alemannic German
- schüüche Alemannic German
- *sciuh Frankish
- *skiā Old Frisian
- skjou Saterland Frisian