Where does “scobi” come from?

scobi (Romanian) comes from Romanian scoabă, from Old Church Slavonic скоба, from Proto-Slavic skoba, from Portuguese escovar, from Latin scōpāre, from Latin scōpa, from Proto-Italic *skōpā.

scobi (Romanian): to pick; to hollow out, dig

Definitions

  1. to pick; to hollow out, dig

Ancestry of “scobi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscoabăniche, recess; chisel; crampon
2Old Church Slavonicскоба—
3Proto-Slavicskobabracket
4Portugueseescovarto brush, sweep
5Latinscōpāre—
6Latinscōpabranch of a plant
7Proto-Italic*skōpā—

Words derived from “scobi”

Every word from Proto-Italic *skōpā →Every word from Latin scōpa →Every word from Latin scōpāre →