shrew

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from. Cognates include,.

Noun

 * 1) Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family  (order ).
 * 2) Certain other small mammals that resemble.
 * 3)  An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

Usage notes
The best-known use of the meaning 'ill-tempered woman' is probably from  by Shakespeare.

Alternative forms

 * (obsolete)

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skeerbekmuis
 * Arabic: زَبَابَة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: চিকা
 * Asturian: ,
 * Basque: satitsu
 * Belarusian: земляры́йка
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: земеро́вка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: musaranya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 尖鼠
 * Czech: rejsek
 * Danish: spidsmus
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: soriko
 * Estonian: karihiir
 * Faroese: trantmús
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: musèt
 * French:
 * Galician: furaño, musgaño
 * Georgian: ბიგა
 * German:
 * Greek: νανομυγαλίδα
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: snjáldurmús, snjáldra
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: dallóg fhraoigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: curut
 * Kazakh: жертелесер
 * Korean: 뒤쥐
 * Latgalian: ciersleits
 * Latin: sōrex
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ровка
 * Maltese: ġurdiem ta' geddumu twil
 * Navajo: chį́į́shnézí
 * Nepali: छुचुन्द्रो
 * Northern Sami:, vánddis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spissmus
 * Nynorsk: spissmus, skjerd
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: screawa
 * Ottoman Turkish: سیوری صیچان
 * Persian: موش شبگرد
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: misarogn
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dallag-an-fhraoich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ровчица, ровка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: piskor
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: musaranya
 * Thai: หนูผี
 * Turkish: kir faresi
 * Tày: cà rìa
 * Ukrainian: землери́йка
 * Vietnamese: chuột chù
 * Welsh: llyg
 * West Frisian: pipermûs


 * Afrikaans: feeks
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: rachomejtle
 * Danish: rappenskralde
 * Esperanto: megero
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: arpella
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: majara, ,
 * Slovak: megera
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From, from , , , from. Perhaps ultimately from the same word as Etymology 1 above.

Verb

 * 1)  To beshrew; to curse.