Where does “*skaban” come from?
*skaban (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.
Ancestry of “*skaban”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | skabaną | to shave, to scrape |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | skÀbʰ- | — |