English

share

/ʃɛə/
A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

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    Etymology 1

    From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”).

    Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishschare
      • inheritedOld Englishsċearu
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*skaru
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*skarō “a division, detachment”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*(s)ker- “to cut; shorten; skimp”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*
    • inheritedMiddle Englishschar
      • inheritedOld Englishsċear
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*skaraz “ploughshare”

    Related: English eschel (doublet), Saterland Frisian skar, Dutch schare, German Schar, Icelandic skor, Dutch schaar, Danish plovskær

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