Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *skeuhazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_skeuhaz
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adja-stemfrightenedshy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved; cautiousabominable; odious; loathsome; vileFurther origin unknown; assumed to be from pre-Germanic *skéwkos. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, *skūbʰ- (‘to push, drive, move forward’) (for which see Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (‘to push, drive’) for cognates) or *(s)kewH- (‘to cover, hide’).For semantic development compare Russian засте́нчивый (zasténčivyj) connected with стена́ (stená) or with стень (stenʹ).