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…
köken: Via Early Modern German schüchter from a German Low German [Term?] source. The contemporary German form is schüchtern. Eventually akin to German scheu, Dutch schuw, and English shy.
köken: From Old Swedish bliūgher, blȳgher, from Old Norse *bljúgr. Cognate with Danish bly, Norwegian blyg, Icelandic bljúgur, Old High German blūgo (from Proto-Germanic *bleuga-, *blūga-, “shyly”), Middle Low German blūc, bliuc and dialectal German blug, plug, blaug. Probably ultimately related to blöt (“wet”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.
çekim: karşılaştırma bardziej nieśmiały · üstünlük najbardziej nieśmiały
zıt: śmiały
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Polish śmiały Polish nieśmiały From nie- + śmiały.
shy, timid, insecure; such that it expresses shyness, timidity, insecurity · shy, wild (not wanting contact or proximity)
çekim: karşılaştırma biklāks · üstünlük visbiklākais
eş: kautrs, kautrīgs
zıt: drosmīgs, drošs
köken: From an older verb bīt “to push” (of which only the reflexive form bīties “to be afraid” remains), with an extra l: *bītls > dialectal bīkls and standard bikls, meaning initially “which pushes (away)” and then “shy, timid.” For a parallel case, cf. mīt, mikls.
to jump · to start (jerk suddenly in surprise), flinch · to shy (jump back in fear)
çekim: geçmiş cliste · ortaç cliste · şimdiki cliseann sé
köken: From Middle Irish clisid (“to perform feats; to leap, start”), denominal from Old Irish cles (“feat”). Compare cluiche (“game, sport”), which could be related.