Where does “skrepaną” come from?

skrepaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skrep- — to engrave.

skrepaną (Proto-Germanic): to scratch, scrape

Definitions

  1. to scratch, scrape

Ancestry of “skrepaną”, step by step

skrepaną traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European skrep-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskrep-to engrave

via Proto-Indo-European skreb-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

via Proto-Indo-European skrebʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskrebʰ-to scratch, to engrave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skrep- →