shiver
‘small piece, sprinter’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. scifre, scivre, shyvere, shiever < M.L.G. schever, schiver ‘splinter’ < O.H.G. scivero < Proto-G. skif- ‘split’ < shivuh < skei- < Tamil kappu
shiver
English words derived from Tamil kappal connoting 'ship'