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*skrapōnto scrape
2Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scrapian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrapōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn →