skaw

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of North Germanic origin, from Icelandic skagi (“peninsula, promontory”).[1] Also related to Icelandic skaga (“to protrude, to jut out”).

Noun[edit]

skaw (plural skaws)

  1. A promontory.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ferguson, R. (1873). The Dialect of Cumberland. United Kingdom: Williams and Norgate, p. 202

Anagrams[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], related to Welsh ysgaw, Middle Breton scau, modern Breton skav, but of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *skātu (“shadow”), which gave the similar Middle Welsh ysgawd (“shade”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [skaˑʊ]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [skæˑʊ]

Noun[edit]

skaw pl (singulative skawen)

  1. elder trees

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skato”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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