Where does “skatho” come from?

skatho (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō, from Proto-Germanic skaþô, from Proto-Indo-European sket- — to injure.

skatho (Old Saxon): one who injures, ravager; damage, injury

Definitions

  1. one who injures, ravager; damage, injury

Ancestry of “skatho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skaþōdamage
2Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
3Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure

Words derived from “skatho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sket- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaþô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō →