Mêtî

Schere

Mane

Têgeh

(Îngilîzî)

(feminine) a pair of scissors, shears
(feminine) a pair of pincers (on a crab)
(feminine, figuratively) a gap, especially a widening one

Pircarînî

Basel-Landschaft (de)

schäär

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈʃeːrə/

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi îngilîzî

In summary

From Middle High German schære, from Old High German scāri, plural of scār, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran. The spelling with -e- (instead of Schäre) is East Central German, probably reinforced by the related verb scheren (“to shear”). Cognate with Dutch schaar, English shears.