swarf
English
/swɔːf/, /swɔɹf/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
- (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *swarf inherited from Old English ġeswearf derived from Old Norse svarf (metallic dust) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarbą (that which is rubbed off, shavings), *swerbaną (rub off, wipe, mop).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swerbaną
Gloss
rub off, wipe, mop
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wheel English
- wheelswarf English
- *swerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *swarbą Proto-Germanic
- *swerbaną Proto-Germanic
- sweorfan Old English
- ġeswearf Old English
- *swarf Middle English
- swerven Middle English
- svarf Old Norse
- sverfa Old Norse
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swervan Old Dutch
- swervan Old Saxon