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skorv.

cradle cap

5 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/skɔrv/

cradle cap
common-gender · uncountable
a boat or ship of poor quality, especially an old and decayed one.
common-gender · informal
A crustacean of species Saduria entomon, of the Baltic
common-gender

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Swedish skorver, from Proto-Germanic *skurf-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Likely cognate of English scurf, German Schorf.

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