köken: From Old Italian schermugio (“skirmish”) (both with diminutive ending?). Alternatively both Italian forms might be derived from Old French escarmuche. Related to the verb schermire (“to protect, shield; to fence, swordfight”), stemming from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan (“to protect, defend”). Cognate with Old High German skirmen, scirmen (“to shield, defend, protect”), skirm (“shade,…
a skirmish (a brief battle between small groups) · a minor brawl
çekim: çoğul skærmydsler · tamlayan skærmydsels
köken: From Middle Low German schermützel, from Italian scaramuccia. Cognate of English skirmish, German Scharmützel, Dutch schermutseling and Swedish skärmytsling .
14th century, from Middle High German scharmützel, diminutive in -el of scharmutz, from Italian scaramuccia and/or Middle French escarmuche, ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *skirmijan, whence German schirmen (“to protect”).