Where does “scabbe” come from?

scabbe (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 “scabbe”, step by step

scabbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sċeabb

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

via Old Norse skabb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskabbscab, scabies
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic skabbazEvery word from Proto-Germanic *skabb