shoddy

shoddy

‘made of or containing inferior material’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

M.E. sheden < O.E. sceadan, scadan ‘to divide, separate, part company; discriminate, decide; scatter abroad’ < Proto-G. skaithan < shawdee < skei- < Tamil kappu

Technical words derived from 'shoddy'

shoddy fabric - தரம்குறைந்த துணிவகை; shoddy mixture yarn - செயல்முறைப் படுத்தப்படாத நூலிழைத் துணி.

English words derived from Tamil kappal connoting 'ship'