Where does “scrap” come from?

Scrap comes from Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap and skrapa, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skrep-.

scrap (English): A piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete...

Definitions

  1. A piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete...

Ancestry of “scrap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscrappe—
2Old Norseskrap—
3Old Norseskrapato clatter; to prate; to scratch out
4Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scrap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrapōną →Every word from Old Norse skrapa →