Where does “skafa” come from?

skafa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

skafa (Old Norse): to scrape with a blunt instrument; to shave so as...

Definitions

  1. to scrape with a blunt instrument; to shave so as...

Ancestry of “skafa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “skafa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →