Where does “skavan” come from?
skavan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skaban, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.
Ancestry of “skavan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *skaban | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skabaną | to shave, to scrape |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skÀbʰ- | — |
Words derived from “skavan”