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Where does “scarti” come from?

scarti (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic skardą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “scarti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskardąnotch; nick
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “scarti”

  • schartig
  • Scharte
  • scharte
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