| Franç. | courir | to run |
| Engl. | scurry | to hurry (not "extracted from hurry-scurry", which is a tautonym, for hurry, see above) |
| Svensk | skura | to rush |
| Anc.Greek | skairein | to skip, dance, bound |
| Engl. | careen (to) | to cause to turn aside; cannot relate semantically to French carène keel of a ship |
| Ital. | scuriata | whip, scourge |
| Engl. | scourge | fouet, fléau |
| Engl. | scour | to pass over quickly; récurer |
| Franç. | récurer | nettoyer avec un mouvement de va-et-vient |
| Prov.grimper | esqueira | to climb |
| Engl. | squirrel | a climbing animal |
| Franç. | écureuil | squirrel (l. sciurus is a latinized borrowing) |
| Span.reg. | esquilar | to climb |
| Span.reg. | esquilo | squirrel, also Treecreeper, 404 |