Where does “scrouwe” come from?

scrouwe (Middle English) comes from Old French escrowe, from Frankish skraudu, from Proto-Germanic skraudō, from Proto-Germanic skraudaną, from Proto-Indo-European skrówdʰ-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European skrew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “scrouwe”, step by step

scrouwe traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French escrowe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescrowe—
2Frankishskraudua shred; cut, crack; piece
3Proto-Germanicskraudōcut, crack; piece, shred
4Proto-Germanicskraudanąto cut up, to shred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskrówdʰ-e-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskrew-to cut; cutting tool
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Old French escroe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescroepiece, strip (of something)
2Latinscrofasow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape

via Old French escrouwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescrouwescroll, strip of parchment

Words derived from “scrouwe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skrew- →
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