scheuchen

to shoo, shoo away, drive away

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schyyche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɔɪçən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German schiuhen, from Old High German sciuhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhan, from the Proto-Germanic adjective *skeuhaz (“shy”). By surface analysis, scheu + -en. Doublet of scheuen.

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