Where does “scrapie” come from?

scrapie (Portuguese) comes from English scrapie, from English -ie, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

scrapie (Portuguese): scrapie degenerative disease of sheep and goats

Definitions

  1. scrapie degenerative disease of sheep and goats

Ancestry of “scrapie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscrapieA degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats...
2English-ieForming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos
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