scathe

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English scathe, from Old English sceaþa (also sceaþu, from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō, from Proto-Germanic *skaþô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t-. Cognate with Scots skaith.
  • From Middle English scathen, skathen, from Old English sceaþian, scaþan and Old Norse skaða ("to hurt"), both from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną. Cognate with Scots skaith, Danish skade, Dutch schaden, German schaden, Swedish skada; compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽, Old Norse skeðja ("to hurt"). Compare Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής ("unhurt"), Albanian shkathët ("skillful, adept, clever").

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