Where does “szabować” come from?

szabować (Polish) comes from German schaben, from Old High German skaban, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

szabować (Polish): to clean meat fibers from rawhide

Definitions

  1. to clean meat fibers from rawhide

Ancestry of “szabować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschabento scrape; to scratch; to scour; to chafe; to...
2Old High Germanskaban—
3Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Old High German skaban →