Vrouwelijk

Scheu

(Engels)

shyness

Frequentie

C2
Dialecten

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schyychi

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ʃɔɪ̯/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle High German schiech (“despondent, frightening, ugly”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), English shy, Danish sky (“shy”), and doublet of schiech.

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