schruve

Middle Low German

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Middle High German schrūbe.

Noun

schrūve f

screw (machine)
screw, bolt (fastener)

Descendants

→ Danish: skrue
→ Estonian: kruvi
→ Norwegian Bokmål: skrue
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: skrue, skruve
→ Swedish: skruv, skruf
- → Finnish: skruuvi
→ Finnish: ruuvi

Further reading

"schruve" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

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