An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schüchtern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2530991An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schüchternJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schüchtern, adjective, ‘shy, timid, bashful,’ early Modern High German only, allied to scheu, root skuh (skeuh)?. It may be connected even with the abnormal Old High German skihtîg, ‘shy,’ but we must assume the influence of Middle High German schiuhen on the stem vowel; see scheu.