Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
From Early Middle English sheueles (“scarecrow”) [and other forms]; probably from Old English *scīewels, from sċīen (“to be frightened or startled; to recoil in fear”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, *skūbʰ- (“to drive, move forward, push”) or *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to hide”)) + -els (suffix forming masculine nouns). Doublet of shy. Cognates * Middle English asheuelen, asheulen (verb) * Middle Low German schūwelse * Middle High German schiusel, schusel (modern German Scheusal (“beast; monster”)) * Old High German sciuhen (Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, German scheuen (“to scare”))
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*(s)kewH-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsheuelesenm · scarecrow
- Inherited-form mention*scīewelsang
- Inherited-form mention*skiuhijangmw-pro · to dread; to avoid, shun
- Inherited-form mention*skeuhazgem-pro · frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved
- Inherited-form mention*skewbʰ-ine-pro
- Doublet mentionshyen
- Cognate mentionasheuelenenm
- Cognate mentionschūwelsegml
- Cognate mentionschiuselgmh
- Cognate mentionScheusalde · beast; monster
- Cognate mentionsciuhengoh
- Cognate mentionschiuhengmh
- Cognate mentionscheuende · to scare
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