Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Germanic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Germanic: *skiwja-n, *skuwwḗn, -oū́n; *skūm=, *skum=, *xūma-n, *xūmēn, *xum=
Meaning: shadow, darkness
Gothic: *skuggʷa m. (n) `mirror'
Old Norse: skuggi m. `Schatten; Spiegelbild; Spuk'; sküggja, sküggva wk. `beschatten; polieren'; skugg-sjā f. `Spiegel'; skūma wk. `finster werden'; skūm-r m. `unfreundlicher Mann'; skūmi m. `Dämmerung'; hūm n. `Halbdunkel, Dämmerung'
Norwegian: skugge; skügja vb.; skuma vb.; dial. skum `Halbdunkel'; hŭm `dunkler Himmel'
Old Swedish: hūme `undeutliche Erscheinung'
Swedish: skugga sbs., vb.; skümma vb.; skum `Halbdunkel'
Danish: skügge vb.
Old English: scūa, scuwa `Schatten, Dunkel, Schirm' ; scīo `wolk'
Old Saxon: scio `wolk'
Middle Low German: schummer `Dämmerung'
Old High German: { scuwo, scū m. `Schatten' }
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-got,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-oswed,germet-swed,germet-dan,germet-oengl,germet-osax,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,
Search within this database
Indo-European etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-IE: *(s)kewǝ- (-kh-)
Meaning: dark
Armenian: xavar `dunkel'
Latin: obs(-)cūrus, -a `dunkel'
Russ. meaning: темный
References: WP II 546 f
piet-meaning,piet-arm,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
Search within this database
Baltic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Baltic: *skum̃- vb. intr.
Meaning: sad
Lettish: skùmt (/ skum̃t PS., Wolm.) (skumstu, skumu) `traurig, betrübt sein'
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-lett,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | 2217254 | 1869441 |
| Help
|
StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin | | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|