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Where does “*skrapōn” come from?

*skrapōn (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skreb- — to engrave.

Ancestry of “*skrapōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →