Where does “scrawed” come from?
scrawed (English) comes from English scraw, from Irish scrath — a turf.
Ancestry of “scrawed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scraw | A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a... |
| 2 | Irish | scrath | a turf |
Words derived from “scrawed”