Cornish

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Etymology

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From Old Cornish scuid, from Proto-Brythonic *skuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *skēdos, cognate with Welsh ysgwydd (shoulder), Breton skoaz (shoulder), and Old Irish scíath (wing)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skoodh f (dual diwskodh, plural skodhow)

  1. shoulder

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN