Where does “esgratigner” come from?
esgratigner (Middle French) comes from Old French esgratigner, from Old French gratter, from Frankish krattōn, from Proto-Germanic krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European gred-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
esgratigner (Middle French): to scratch
Ancestry of “esgratigner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | esgratigner | — |
| 2 | Old French | gratter | — |
| 3 | Frankish | krattōn | to scratch, scrawl |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krattōną | to scratch, scrawl |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gred- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |