Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "to cut, to shear" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesscieran(Anglo-Saxon) skeran(Old High German) Surname DescendantsShearer(English) Scheer, Scherer(German) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 443. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 338.
