Where does “scrollbalk” come from?
scrollbalk (Dutch) comes from Dutch scrollen, from English scroll, from Middle English scrowle, from Middle English scrowe, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.
scrollbalk (Dutch): scroll bar
Ancestry of “scrollbalk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | scrollen | to scroll |
| 2 | English | scroll | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed... |
| 3 | Middle English | scrowle | — |
| 4 | Middle English | scrowe | — |
| 5 | Old French | escroe | — |
| 6 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to turn, curve; to turn , wind; to turn around,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |