skägg
Swedish
/ɧɛɡː/
noun
Definitions
- beard; facial hair on chin, cheeks and jaw
- flash; excess material when moulding, casting or forging parts
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse skegg (beard) derived from Proto-Germanic *skagją.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skagją
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gangshag English
- shag English
- shagadelic English
- shagaholic English
- shagbark English
- shagfest English
- shaggable English
- shagger English
- shaggy English
- shagless English
- shagpile English
- shagtastic English
- shag Dutch, Flemish
- skjegg Norwegian Bokmål
- *skaggiją Proto-Germanic
- *skagją Proto-Germanic
- barn Swedish
- biff Swedish
- dopping Swedish
- mes Swedish
- skäggbarn Swedish
- skäggbiff Swedish
- skäggdopping Swedish
- skäggmes Swedish
- skäggtärna Swedish
- tärna Swedish
- skjegg Norwegian Nynorsk
- sceaga Old English
- *schagge Middle English
- skegg Old Norse
- skæg Danish
- skegg Icelandic
- skegg Faroese
- *skagō gmw-pro