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Where does “scrapian” come from?

scrapian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skreb- — to engrave.

scrapian (Old English): to scrape, scratch

Definitions

  1. to scrape, scratch

Ancestry of “scrapian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skrapōn—
2Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scrapian”

  • scrape
  • skyscraper
  • scraper
  • scrapie
  • sidescraper
  • endscraper
  • scrapy
  • scrapeth
  • bootscraper
  • scraperboard
  • cloudscraper
  • outscrape
  • scrapeable
  • skyscraperless
  • scrapest
  • leafscraper
  • spacescraper
  • bescrape
  • earthscraper
  • seascraper
  • скрепер
  • scrapen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →