Etymograph

English

Scaife

Scaife comes from Old Norse skeifr ‘awry, difficult’, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz ‘slanted, oblique, inclined, sloping’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skoypós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skoypósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skaibaz‘slanted, oblique, inclined, sloping’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350skeifr‘awry, difficult’
  4. EnglishtodayScaife

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skoypósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skaibaz‘slanted, oblique, inclined, sloping’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350skeifr‘awry, difficult’
  4. EnglishtodayScaife

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *skoypós

Today it means

name A surname from Old Norse.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skoypós / Scaife

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