skeus

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish schus, from Old Cornish scod, from Proto-Brythonic *skọd, from Proto-Celtic *skātu. Cognate with Breton skeud, Irish scáth, Manx scaa, Scottish Gaelic sgàth, and Welsh ysgod, cysgod.

Noun

skeus m (plural skeusow)

  1. shadow
  2. reflection

Derived terms

  • skeusek (“shady, suspicious”)
  • skeusen (“photograph”)
  • skeusenieth, skeusenweyth (“photography”)
  • skeusenner, skeusenores (“photographer”)
  • skeusi (“escape”, verb)
  • skeusliw (“shade, tinge”)
  • skeuswydh (“privets”)
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