Where does “scar” come from?

Scar comes from Old English scar, from Proto-Germanic skarją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, meaning to cut or separate.

scar (English): A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by...

Definitions

  1. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by...

Ancestry of “scar”, step by step

scar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English scar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscar—
2Middle Englishskarincision, cut, fissure
3Old Norseskarðnotch, hack; notch, chink, gap
4Proto-Germanicskardąnotch; nick
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Latin scarus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscarusscar, a kind of fish
2Ancient Greekσκάροςparrotfish

via Old Norse sker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskerrock in the sea, skerry; inflection of skera: ##...
2Proto-Germanicskarją—

Words derived from “scar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →