Where does “sċeabb” come from?

sċeabb (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic skabbaz, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

sċeabb (Old English): scab

Definitions

  1. scab

Ancestry of “sċeabb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*skabb—
2Proto-Germanicskabbazscab; scabies, mange
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “sċeabb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabbaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *skabb →