skaw

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English

Alternative forms

scaw

Etymology

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

Noun

skaw (plural skaws)

A promontory.

References

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

Anagrams

Kaws, SWAK, awsk, kaws

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic , 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

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key):
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key):

Noun

skaw pl (singulative skawen)

elder trees

Derived terms

Enys Skaw (“Tresco”)
gwin skaw (“elderberry wine”)
skaw dowr (“guelder rose”)
yrin skaw (“elderberries”)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skato”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
^ 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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