Where does “skavan” come from?

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

skavan (Old Saxon): to scratch; to shave

Definitions

  1. to scratch; to shave

Ancestry of “skavan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skavan”

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