Where does “skabbaz” come from?

skabbaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

skabbaz (Proto-Germanic): scab; scabies, mange

Definitions

  1. scab; scabies, mange

Ancestry of “skabbaz”, step by step

skabbaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

via Proto-Indo-European skabn-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskabn-—

Words derived from “skabbaz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →