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Where does “schrabbelen” come from?

schrabbelen (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schrabben — to scrape.

Ancestry of “schrabbelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschrabbento scrape

Words derived from “schrabbelen”

  • Scrabble
  • scrabble
  • hardscrabble
  • Scrabbler
  • scrabbly
  • scrabbler
  • Scrabbly
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