schiagln
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German schilhen, from Old High German skilhen, skilahen, skilihen, from Proto-West Germanic *skilhijan (“to squint, be cross-eyed”), from Proto-Germanic *skelh (“slanted, crooked; squinted”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (“squint-eyed, sloped, awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“bent, crooked”). Cognate with German schielen and scheel, Dutch scheel, Old English *sċīelan and sċeolh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiɐ̯ɡ̥l̩n/
- Hyphenation: schiagln
Verb
schiagln (past participle gschiaglt)
- to be cross-eyed
- Synonym: scheangln