Where does “scavan” come from?

scavan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “scavan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “scavan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →