Where does “scrappe” come from?

scrappe (Middle English) comes from Old Norse skrap, from Old Norse skrapa, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skreb- — to engrave.

Ancestry of “scrappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskrap—
2Old Norseskrapato clatter; to prate; to scratch out
3Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scrappe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrapōną →Every word from Old Norse skrapa →