sheer
English
/ˈʃɪə/, /ʃɪɹ/
adj
Definitions
- (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
- (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
- (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
- Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shere inherited from Old English sċǣre inherited from Middle English schyre (fair, bright, pure) inherited from Old English sċīr (bright, shire, county, shining, splendid, gleaming, brilliant, resplendent, pure, clear) inherited from Middle English skyr derived from Old Norse skírr (clear, pure, bright) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (pure, bright, sheer) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (gloss, shadow, luster).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sḱēy-
Gloss
gloss, shadow, luster
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
陰, 影
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shear English
- Shirley English
- semisheer English
- sheerly English
- sheerness English
- supersheer English
- ultrasheer English
- schier German
- Schiermonnikoog Dutch, Flemish
- schier Dutch, Flemish
- *sḱēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *skairiz Proto-Germanic
- *skīriz Proto-Germanic
- Deorbyscir Old English
- Eoforwicscir Old English
- Gleawceasterscir Old English
- Hamtunscir Old English
- Scrobbesbyrigscir Old English
- Wæringwicscir Old English
- scirgerefa Old English
- scēar Old English
- sċīr Old English
- sċǣre Old English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- Schyre Thursday Middle English
- schire Middle English
- schyre Middle English
- schyrly Middle English
- schyrnesse Middle English
- shere Middle English
- sherman Middle English
- shire Middle English
- shyre Middle English
- skir Middle English
- skyr Middle English
- Skírnir Old Norse
- skær Old Norse
- skírleikr Old Norse
- skírr Old Norse
- skær Danish
- skærgård Danish
- skír Icelandic
- skýr Icelandic
- schiere Middle Dutch
- schir Middle High German
- hir Albanian
- përhiroj Albanian
- 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *skīr Old Dutch
- skīr Old Saxon
- *skīra Proto-Albanian