English

scavernick

Scavernick comes from Cornish skovarnek ‘big-eared’, from skovarn ‘ear’, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *skuβarn.

Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*skuβarn‘ear’reconstructed
Old Cornishmodernscouarn
Middle Cornishmodernscovarn
Cornishmodernskovarn‘ear’
Cornish, derivedmodernskovarnek‘big-eared’
Englishtodayscavernick

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*skuβarn‘ear’reconstructed
Old Cornishmodernscouarn
Middle Cornishmodernscovarn
Cornishmodernskovarn‘ear’
Cornish, derivedmodernskovarnek‘big-eared’
Englishtodayscavernick

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to observe, perceive’

show, cave, kudos, sheen, precaution, scone, 13 more

Today it means

noun A hare.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Brythonic *skuβarn / scavernick

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