Proto-IE: *(s)ker-
Meaning: to scold, mock
Tokharian: B kärr- 'scold', skär- 'speak hostilely, threaten, reproach' (Adams 166, 706)
Russ. meaning: ругать
References: Adams 706.
Proto-Germanic: *skir-ō- vb., *skir-n-a- m.
Meaning: mock, scold
Old Franconian: OLG scern 'illusio, subsannatio'
Middle Low German: scheren 'spotten, höhnen',
Old High German: skerōn 'mutwillig sein; sich aufruhen' (9.Jh.); scern 'Scherz, Mutwille, Spott' }
Middle High German: schërn st. m. 'scherz, spott, mutwille'
