shy (reserved) · shy, skittish, startlish (easily frightened)
çekim: karşılaştırma scheuer · üstünlük am scheuesten
köken: From Middle High German schiech, schiehe, schie, schiuch, schiuhe, schūche, from Old High German *skioh, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh. The modern form goes back to the Central German forms with -iu-, -ū-. These are usually interpreted as alterations based on Scheu (noun) and scheuen (verb), though this does not seem unquestionable in view of Middle Dutch schu, Middle Low German schǖ. The form…
aile: wasserscheu, kamerascheu
🔊 scheu wie ein Reh
shy, timid
eş: discret, pudibond, réservé, timoré
köken: From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus.
easily scared; skittish
köken: From asustado (“scare”) + -izo (“prone to”).
fearful, scary · frightful, shocking, incredible, terrible
eş: agghiacciante, angosciante, mostruoso, orribile, orripilante, raccapricciante
köken: From Vulgar Latin *pavōrōsum, derived from Latin pavōrem (“fear”, noun). By surface analysis, paura + -oso.
opeens schokkende bewegingen makend uit zenuwachtigheid
eş: schuw, schrikachtig
skittish, jittery, timid · timid, shy, reserved
çekim: karşılaştırma płochliwszy · üstünlük najpłochliwszy
eş: pierzchliwy
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *polxъ Polish płochy Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Slavic *-lъ Old Polish -ły Proto-Slavic *-ivъ Old Polish -iwy Old Polish -liwy Polish -liwy Polish płochliwy From płochy + -liwy.
aile: płochliwość
timid, fickle, skittish (easily scared)
çekim: karşılaştırma säikympi · üstünlük säikyin
köken: From the same root as säikkyä, säikähtää; possibly a back-formation of the former.
aile: säikkyys
fearful (tending to fear)
çekim: karşılaştırma bázlivější · üstünlük nejbázlivější
köken: From Proto-Slavic *bojazьlivъ.
timid, shy
köken: Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.
Katalanca 🔊 tímid /ˈti.mit/ timid; shy
köken: Borrowed from Latin timidus.
aile: tímidament, timidesa
skittish
köken: ek- (“begin”) + timi (“to fear”) + -ema (“inclined”)