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
Definitions
- scroll bar
Ancestry of “scrollbalk”, step by step
scrollbalk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch scrollen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | scrollen | to scroll |
| 2 | English | scroll | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed... |
| 3 | Middle English | scrowle | scroll, document, bill |
| 4 | Middle English | scrowe | bill, slip, bit of parchment |
| 5 | Old French | escroe | piece, strip (of something) |
| 6 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |