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Where does “skabb” come from?

skabb (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skabbaz, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.

Ancestry of “skabb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskabbazscab; scabies, mange
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-—

Words derived from “skabb”

  • shabby
  • scab
  • shabbily
  • shabbiness
  • scabland
  • shab
  • scabwort
  • scablike
  • antiscab
  • scabless
  • scabbe
  • shabbe
  • scabb
  • schabbe
  • sċeabb
  • sceabb
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