scharp
Middle Dutch
adj
Definitions
- sharp (cutting easily)
- rough, harsh to the skin
- sharp (of the senses or mind)
- fierce, intense
- cruel, nasty
- strict
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch skarp inherited from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skarpaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- scarpa Italian
- onscherp Dutch, Flemish
- scherp Dutch, Flemish
- scherprechter Dutch, Flemish
- scherpschutter Dutch, Flemish
- scherpstellen Dutch, Flemish
- scherpzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- vlijmscherp Dutch, Flemish
- escarpe French
- *(s)kerb(ʰ) Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *skarpaz Proto-Germanic
- scearp Old English
- sċearp Old English
- skarpr Old Norse
- (*)scarp Old High German
- scarf Old High German
- scarf(i), scarf Old High German
- skerp Afrikaans
- skarp Old Dutch
- skarp Old Saxon
- skèrpi Papiamentu