Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skeinlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: skein-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having characteristics of a skein.

Etymology

Etymology tree English skein Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English skeinlike From skein + -like.

Inflected Forms

more skeinlike (comparative) most skeinlike (superlative) skein-like (alternative)

Questions

What does skeinlike mean?: Having characteristics of a skein.
Where does skeinlike come from?: Etymology tree English skein Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English skeinlike From skein + -like.

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