Where does “*skaban” come from?

*skaban (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

*skaban (Proto-West Germanic): to scrape, shave

Definitions

  1. to scrape, shave

Ancestry of “*skaban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “*skaban”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →