English
sharebeam
From share + beam.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)koréh₂
Proto-Germanic *skarō ‘a division’
Proto-West Germanic *skaru
Old English sċearu ‘a cutting’
Middle English schare ‘a portion or share’
English share
Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- ‘to grow, swell’
Proto-Germanic *baumaz ‘tree, beam, balk’
Proto-West Germanic *baum ‘tree’
Old English bēam ‘tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood,…’
Middle English bem ‘a beam’
English beam
Today it means
noun The part of a plough to which the share is attached.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sharebeam”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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