shive

Etymology

A parallel form of sheave, coming from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably passing through an Old English *sċīfe (though this is not attested before the Middle English period). It is a cognate of German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (giving Danish skive, “disc, slice”), and Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).