Etymology of scare

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

A minor fright. · A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread. · A device or object used to frighten.

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From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).

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Inherited-form mentionskerenm
Derivation mentionskerrenenm · to frighten

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

verb

To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. · (To be able) to be scared.

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From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”), Ancient Greek σκαίρω (skaírō, “to frolic”).

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Inherited-form mentionscarenenm
Derivation mentionskirranon · to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert
Derivation mention*skirzijanągem-pro · to shoo, scare off
Derivation mention*(s)ker-ine-pro · to swing, jump, move
Cognate mentionskjarrnon · timid, shy, afraid of
Cognate mentionskarsco · wild, timid, shy
Cognate mentionskjerrann
Cognate mentionskjarrasv
Cognate mentionցիռxcl
Cognate mentionσκαίρωgrc · to frolic

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