Where does “scrapen” come from?
scrapen (Middle English) comes from Old English scrapian, from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skreb- — to engrave.
Ancestry of “scrapen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | scrapian | to scrape, scratch |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *skrapōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skrapōną | to scrape, scratch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skreb- | to engrave |
Words derived from “scrapen”