Proto-Germanic
*skaiþaną
‘to separate’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną, most familiar first.
- shed ← scheden ← scēadan ← *skaiþan
- skeet ← skeið ← *skaiþiz
- shedder ← schedere ← scheden ← scēadan ← *skaiþan
- sheather ← schethere ← schethe ← sċēaþ ← *skaiþiju
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną