šermovat

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Czech

Etymology

Derived from Middle High German schërmen (to fence, to screen, to protect),[1] from Old High German skirmen, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (to cut),[2] + -ovat.

Pronunciation

Verb

šermovat impf

  1. to fence (to engage in the sport of fencing)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “šermovat”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • šermovati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • šermovati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • šermovat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)