shrew

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From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).

From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“wicked; evil; an evil person”), from Old English *scrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Perhaps ultimately from the same word as Etymology 1 above.

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skeerbekmuis — mouselike animal
• Arabic: زَبَابَة (zabāba) — mouselike animal
• Armenian: սրընչակ (srənčʻak) — mouselike animal
• Assamese: চিকা (sika) — mouselike animal
• Asturian: musgañu — mouselike animal
• Asturian: topu ratu — mouselike animal
• Azerbaijani: yereşən — mouselike animal
• Basque: satitsu — mouselike animal
• Belarusian: земляры́йка (zjemljarýjka) — mouselike animal
• Breton: minoc'h — mouselike animal
• Bulgarian: земеро́вка (zemeróvka) — mouselike animal
• Burmese: ကြွက်စုတ် (krwakcut) — mouselike animal
• Catalan: musaranya — mouselike animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼩鼱 (qújīng) — mouselike animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 尖鼠 (jiānshǔ) — mouselike animal
• Coptic: ⲉⲙⲓⲙ (emim) — mouselike animal
• Czech: rejsek — mouselike animal
• Danish: spidsmus — mouselike animal
• Dutch: spitsmuis — mouselike animal
• Esperanto: soriko — mouselike animal
• Estonian: karihiir — mouselike animal
• Faroese: trantmús — mouselike animal
• Finnish: päästäinen — mouselike animal
• Franco-Provençal: musèt — mouselike animal
• French: musaraigne — mouselike animal
• West-Frisian: pipermûs — mouselike animal
• Galician: furaño — mouselike animal
• Galician: musgaño — mouselike animal
• Georgian: ბიგა (biga) — mouselike animal
• German: Spitzmaus — mouselike animal
• Greek: νανομυγαλίδα (nanomygalída) — mouselike animal
• Greek: μυγαλή (mygalí) — mouselike animal
• Hungarian: cickány — mouselike animal
• Icelandic: snjáldurmús — mouselike animal
• Icelandic: snjáldra — mouselike animal
• Indonesian: celurut — mouselike animal
• Irish: dallóg fhraoigh — mouselike animal
• Italian: toporagno — mouselike animal
• Japanese: 尖鼠 (togarinezumi) — mouselike animal
• Javanese: curut — mouselike animal
• Kazakh: жертесер (jerteser) — mouselike animal
• Korean: 뒤쥐 (dwijwi) — mouselike animal
• Korean: 첨서 (cheomseo) — mouselike animal
• Latgalian: ciersleits — mouselike animal
• Latin: sōrex — mouselike animal
• Latvian: cirslis — mouselike animal
• Lithuanian: kirstukas — mouselike animal
• Macedonian: ровка (rovka) — mouselike animal
• Maltese: ġurdiem ta’ geddumu twil — mouselike animal
• Navajo: chį́į́shnézí — mouselike animal
• Nepali: छुचुन्द्रो (chucundro) — mouselike animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: spissmus — mouselike animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spissmus — mouselike animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjerd — mouselike animal
• Occitan: musaranha — mouselike animal
• Old English: screawa — mouselike animal
• Persian: موش شبگرد (muše šabgard) — mouselike animal
• Polish: ryjówka — mouselike animal
• Portuguese: musaranho — mouselike animal
• Romanian: chițcan — mouselike animal
• Romansh: misarogn — mouselike animal
• Russian: землеро́йка (zemlerójka) — mouselike animal
• Northern Sami: vánddis — mouselike animal
• Scottish Gaelic: dallag-an-fhraoich — mouselike animal
• Serbo-Croatian: ровчица — mouselike animal
• Serbo-Croatian: ровка — mouselike animal
• Serbo-Croatian: rovčica — mouselike animal
• Serbo-Croatian: rovka — mouselike animal
• Slovak: piskor — mouselike animal
• Slovene: rovka — mouselike animal
• Spanish: musaraña — mouselike animal
• Swedish: näbbmus — mouselike animal
• Tagalog: musaranya — mouselike animal
• Tamil: மூஞ்சூறு (mūñcūṟu) — mouselike animal
• Tày: cà rìa — mouselike animal
• Thai: หนูผี (nǔu-pǐi) — mouselike animal
• Turkish: kir faresi — mouselike animal
• Turkish: sivri fare — mouselike animal
• Ottoman Turkish: سیوری صیچان (sivri sıçan) — mouselike animal
• Ukrainian: землери́йка (zemlerýjka) — mouselike animal
• Vietnamese: chuột chù — mouselike animal
• Welsh: llyg — mouselike animal
• Afrikaans: feeks — woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 潑婦 /泼妇 (pōfù) — woman
• Czech: rachomejtle — woman
• Czech: saň — woman
• Czech: megera — woman
• Czech: xantipa — woman
• Czech: semetrika — woman
• Danish: rappenskralde — woman
• Esperanto: megero — woman
• Finnish: äkäpussi — woman
• French: furie — woman
• French: mégère — woman
• Galician: arpella — woman
• German: Megäre — woman
• Hebrew: מִרְשַׁעַת (mirshá'at) — woman
• Norwegian: kjerring — woman
• Polish: zołza — woman
• Polish: hetera — woman
• Polish: sekutnica — woman
• Portuguese: megera — woman
• Romanian: megeră — woman
• Romanian: scorpie — woman
• Russian: меге́ра (megéra) — woman
• Russian: ве́дьма (védʹma) — woman
• Sicilian: majara — woman
• Sicilian: magara — woman
• Sicilian: mavara — woman
• Slovak: megera — woman
• Swedish: ragata — woman
• Swedish: argbigga — woman
• Turkish: cadı — woman
• Turkish: şirret — woman