Where does “skrape” come from?

skrape (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse skrapa, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skreb- — to engrave.

skrape (Norwegian Bokmål): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “skrape”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skrape”

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