Where does “skavan” come from?

skavan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skaban, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “skavan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skabanto scrape, shave
2Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “skavan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaban →