Where does “escroe” come from?

escroe (Old French) comes from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

escroe (Old French): piece, strip (of something)

Definitions

  1. piece, strip (of something)

Ancestry of “escroe”, step by step

escroe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin scrofa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrofasow
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Frankish skrōda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishskrōda—

Words derived from “escroe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ- →