Where does “Skabies” come from?

Skabies (German) comes from Latin scabiēs, from Latin -ies, from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s.

Skabies (German): scabies

Definitions

  1. scabies

Ancestry of “Skabies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabiēsroughness, scurf
2Latin-iesUsed to form an abstract noun, usually from an...
3Proto-Indo-European-yḗh₂s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s →Every word from Latin -ies →Every word from Latin scabiēs →