skär
Swedish
/ɧæːr/
adj
Definitions
- pink, having a color between red and white, sometimes with a hint of beige, as in the skin color of white people.
- (dated) pure, clean
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish skær derived from Old Norse skærr (pure, clear, bright) derived from Proto-Germanic *skairiz (pure, 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
- kari Finnish
- karikko Finnish
- karikukko Finnish
- karimerkki Finnish
- karimetso Finnish
- karinen Finnish
- kariuttaa Finnish
- kariutua Finnish
- salakari Finnish
- schier German
- Schiermonnikoog Dutch, Flemish
- schier Dutch, Flemish
- шхера Russian
- *sḱēy- Proto-Indo-European
- skjær Norwegian Bokmål
- *skairiz Proto-Germanic
- *skīriz Proto-Germanic
- gård Swedish
- piplärka Swedish
- skärgård Swedish
- skärpiplärka Swedish
- skärsnäppa Swedish
- snäppa Swedish
- szkier Polish
- szkierowy Polish
- sker Old Norse
- skær Old Norse
- skærleikr Old Norse
- skærr Old Norse
- skær Danish
- skærgård Danish
- hira Serbo-Croatian
- skör Icelandic
- schiere Middle Dutch
- schir Middle High German
- hirrë Albanian
- 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *kari Proto-Finnic
- skær Old Swedish
- *ksirā Proto-Albanian