Where does “schäbig” come from?

schäbig (German) comes from Middle High German schebic.

schäbig (German): shabby, shoddy; dilapidated; sordid, sleazy,...

Definitions

  1. shabby, shoddy; dilapidated; sordid, sleazy,...

Ancestry of “schäbig”, step by step

schäbig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German schebic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschebic—

via German Schabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchabescraper, flat instrument with a handle used for scraping

Words derived from “schäbig”

Every word from Middle High German schebic →