Where does “scathon” come from?

scathon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skaþōn, from Proto-Germanic skaþōną, from Proto-Germanic skaþô, from Proto-Indo-European sket- — to injure.

scathon (Old Dutch): to damage

Definitions

  1. to damage

Ancestry of “scathon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skaþōnto injure, harm, damage
2Proto-Germanicskaþōnąto injure, harm, damage
3Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
4Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sket- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaþōną →
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