Proto-Germanic

*skeraną

‘to shear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skeraną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, most familiar first.

• scarf ← skarfr ← skera
• shear ← sheren ← sċieran ← *skeran
• scorn ← scornen ← escarnir ← escharnir ← *escarnire
• shearing ← scherynge ← scheren ← sċieran ← *skeran
• shearling ← scherling ← scheren ← sċieran ← *skeran
• skyr ← skera
• schorl ← skör ← skør ← schör ← *skuriz

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skeraną