Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. · To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical. · To bias or distort in a particular direction. · To hurl or throw.
Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew. · Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel. · Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
Askew, obliquely; awry.
Something that has an oblique or slanted position. · An oblique or sideways movement. · A squint or sidelong glance. · A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
The verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliquely; to escape”), from Old Northern French escuer [and other forms], variants of Old French eschuer, eschever, eschiver (“to escape, flee; to avoid”) (modern French esquiver (“to dodge (a blow), duck; to elude, evade; to slip away; to sidestep”)), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhijaną (“to frighten”). The English word is cognate with Catalan esquiu (“evasive, shy”), Danish skæv (“crooked, slanting; skew, wry”) (> Norwegian Bokmål skjev), Dutch scheef (“crooked, slanting”), Norwegian skeiv (“crooked, lopsided; oblique, slanting; distorted”), Saterland Frisian skeeuw (“aslant, slanting; oblique; awry”), and is a doublet of eschew. The adjective and adverb are probably derived from the verb and/or from askew, and the noun is derived from either the adjective or the verb.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionskeuenenm
- Derivation mentioneschuerfro
- Cognate mentionesquiverfr · to dodge (a blow), duck; to elude, evade; to slip away; to sidestep
- Derivation mention*skiuhijanągem-pro · to frighten
- Cognate mentionesquiuca · evasive, shy
- Cognate mentionskævda · crooked, slanting; skew, wry
- Cognate mentionskjevnb
- Cognate mentionscheefnl · crooked, slanting
- Cognate mentionskeeuwstq · aslant, slanting; oblique; awry
- Doublet mentioneschewen
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