skur
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, etc.)
- (dialect) a small roof to protect against rain
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse skúr (shower) derived from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (storm, shelter, shack, rain shower).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skūrō
Gloss
storm, shelter, shack, rain shower
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
嵐
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cowboy shower English
- midshower English
- nonshower English
- overshower English
- rain shower English
- rainshower English
- shower English
- shower tea English
- showerbath English
- showerer English
- showerest English
- showereth English
- showerful English
- showerhead English
- showerless English
- showerlike English
- showerproof English
- showerset English
- showery English
- snow shower English
- snowshower English
- sun shower English
- sunshower English
- thundershower English
- tub-shower English
- coruscus Latin
- Hagelschauer German
- Kälteschauer German
- Regenschauer German
- Schauer German
- Schneeschauer German
- schaurig German
- schoer Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)ḱēwer- Proto-Indo-European
- *kew-(e)ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *skūrō Proto-Germanic
- knä Swedish
- skurknä Swedish
- シャワー Japanese
- Sceon Old English
- scur Old English
- shour Middle English
- skúr Old Norse
- skúr Icelandic
- skúraský Icelandic
- شاور Persian
- schure Middle Dutch
- skiura Old High German
- skura Old High German
- schure, schūre Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *skūru gmw-pro
- skūra Old Dutch
- 샤워 Korean
- skuur Westrobothnian
- ishawa Zulu