schruve

Middle Low German

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Middle High German schrūbe.

Noun

schrūve f

1. screw (machine)
2. screw, bolt (fastener)

Descendants

• → Danish: skrue
• → Estonian: kruvi
• → Norwegian Bokmål: skrue
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: skrue, skruve
• → Swedish: skruv, skruf
  • → Finnish: skruuvi
• → Finnish: ruuvi

Further reading

• "schruve" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)