Etymograph

English

scavage

Scavage comes from Anglo-Norman escavage, from Old English sċēawung ‘a looking at, seeing, contemplation,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to heed, look, feel, take note of’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kewh₁-‘to heed, look, feel, take note of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skawwōną‘to look, see, watch’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skauwōn‘to look, see, watch’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċēawian‘to watch or look at’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150sċēawung‘a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500shewing
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400escavage
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scavage
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kewh₁-‘to heed, look, feel, take note of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skawwōną‘to look, see, watch’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skauwōn‘to look, see, watch’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sċēawian‘to watch or look at’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150sċēawung‘a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500shewing
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400escavage
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scavage
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Formed from show + -ing

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to heed, look, take note of’

Proto-Germanic *skawwōną ‘to look, see’

Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn ‘to look, see’

Old English scēawian ‘to look at; to exhibit, display’

Middle English schewen

English show

The story

From Middle English scavage, schevage, schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (‘scavage’), from Middle English shewing, schewing (‘inspection, examination, show’), from Old English sċēawung (‘a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods’), equivalent to show + -ing.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to heed, look, feel, take note of’

cave, kudos, sheen, precaution, scone, 10 more

through Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn ‘to look, see, watch’

shown, shower, 4 more

through Old English sċēawian ‘to watch or look at’

show, 4 more

through Old English sċēawung ‘a looking at, seeing, contemplation,…’

showing, 1 more

Today it means

noun A tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- / scavage

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