Where does “shkrap” come from?

shkrap (Albanian) comes from Albanian shkrep, from Proto-Albanian krepa, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

shkrap (Albanian): scorpion

Definitions

  1. scorpion

Ancestry of “shkrap”, step by step

shkrap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian shkrep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianshkrepto flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind
2Proto-Albaniankrepabody
3Proto-West Germanic*kreupanto creep, crawl
4Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Latin scorpiō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscorpiō—
2Ancient Greekσκορπίοςscorpion; scorpionfish; scorpion furze
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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