Where does “scabb” come from?

scabb (Middle English) comes from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic skabbaz, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “scabb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċeabbscab
2Proto-Germanic*skabb—
3Proto-Germanicskabbazscab; scabies, mange
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “scabb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabbaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *skabb →