shive

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A parallel form of sheave, from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably through an Old English *sċīfe (though it is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice”)), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).

From Middle English schyfe, schyffe, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with German Schäbe, Dutch scheef, and Low German Schääv, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’. The expected pronunciation would be /ʃɪv/; the pronunciation /ʃaɪv/ is probably due to the combined influence of Etymology 1 and the spelling.

Variant of shiv.

See shiva

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: фили́я (filíja) — slice
• Danish: skive — slice
• Dutch: schijf — slice
• Dutch: snee — slice
• Dutch: snede — slice
• German: Scheibe — slice
• German: Schäbe — slice
• German: Laufrolle — obsolete: sheave
• German: Seilscheibe — obsolete: sheave
• German: Schindel — beam or plank of split wood
• German: Brettschindel — beam or plank of split wood
• Bulgarian: широка запушалка (široka zapušalka) — flat, wide cork
• German: Stopfen — flat, wide cork
• German: Pfropfen — flat, wide cork
• German: Pfropf — flat, wide cork
• Czech: pazdeří — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Dutch: scheef — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Dutch: leem — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Estonian: linaluu — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Estonian: linaluud — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Finnish: päistär — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• French: chènevotte — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• German: Schäbe — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Ingrian: päissär — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Italian: canapule — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Italian: lisca — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Polish: paździerze — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Serbo-Croatian: pozder — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Slovene: pazderje — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Slovene: pazder — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Slovene: pezdir — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Spanish: cañamiza — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Spanish: agramiza — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Swedish: skävor — wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp
• Finnish: päistär — particle of impurity