Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “skrew-”

67 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European skrew- — including scroll, shred, escrow, shredding, screed, shredder, scrollwork, scrollable.

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English (31)

Middle English (8)

Old French (4)

Japanese (3)

German (3)

Old English (3)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Czech (1)

French (1)

Russian (1)

Danish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old High German (1)

Frankish (1)