Where does “scrape” come from?

Scrape comes from Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skrep-.

scrape (English): To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure

Definitions

  1. To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure

Ancestry of “scrape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscrapento scrape
2Old Englishscrapianto scrape, scratch
3Proto-West Germanic*skrapōnto scrape
4Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scrape”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →