Reconstruction:Old High German/skirnjan
Old High German
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *skarnjan, which could be from *skeraną (“to shear”), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”).
Verb
edit*skirnjan
- to make fun of
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.