Where does “skava” come from?

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

skava (Old Swedish): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “skava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskava—
2Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “skava”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Old Norse skava →